Waves with Wireless Nerd

Join me for a weekly look into what's making waves in tech and the wireless industry! What's new? What's now? What's next?

Waves with Wireless Nerd is a technology podcast hosted by Drew Lentz the Wirelessnerd, with 78 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Drew Lentz the Wirelessnerd hosts Waves with Wireless Nerd, a technology show with 78 episodes published.

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  Smarter Wireless: Design Standards, Tool Updates, Trends And Real-World Use

  Feb 5, 202639 minS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>Miss the days when Wi‑Fi talk meant real problems, real tools, and real wins? Same here. I’m back on camera to unpack what actually moved the needle and what’s about to—from the push to standardize Wi‑Fi design to the quiet march toward Wi‑Fi 8 and the gear being pitched as “ready” for it. I share how a voice clone and an AI-powered workflow with Kero and Claude helped me build The Wireless Monitor, a curated briefing that filters the firehose into actionable trends for engineers and leaders.<br/><br/>We dig into...

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  Why Wi‑Fi 7’s Surge Matters And How Wi‑Fi 8 Will Change Network Design - Plus the WiFiNow Awards and BEAD Funds!

  Dec 17, 202519 minS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>The wireless world just flipped from speed bragging rights to real‑world reliability, and we’re here for it. We break down how Wi‑Fi 7 went mainstream faster than anyone expected, why Cisco’s below‑6E pricing and AI‑ops licensing strategy vaulted them to the top, and what that means if you’re debating an upgrade from Wi‑Fi 6 or 6E. The decision no longer ends at the radio—it’s about committing to a cloud and AI stack that will steer roaming, airtime, and assurance for years.<br/><br/>Then we look ahead: Wi‑Fi 8...

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  From Fries To Fiber, Dual-Mode APs, Multi-Cloud to WiFi 8, 5G & more!

  Dec 12, 202527 minS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>A week in Vegas turned into a crash course in where networking is headed—starting with a potato-smashing contest at Five Guys and ending with Eero tunnels landing cleanly in AWS. That gut-level, customer-first perspective sets the tone as we dig into real demos, new tools, and the shifting policies that shape what gets built next.<br/><br/>We unpack how a simple site-to-site VPN and a transit gateway can turn small sites into first-class cloud citizens, then jump into Kiro, an AI-driven IDE that makes rapid prototyping feel effortless. A standout moment: te...

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  re:Invent 25 for Wireless Nerds: Free Burgers, Faster Satellites, And Wi‑Fi That Actually Works

  Nov 25, 20257 minS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>Special edition! Cloud meets real‑world scale on the Las Vegas strip as we line up two big stories: Amazon Leo’s leap to gigabit‑class LEO connectivity and a live eero deployment inside the largest Five Guys in the franchise. We set the scene for reInvent, map out the sessions worth your time, and explain how these pieces fit into a resilient, transport‑agnostic network strategy you can actually deploy.<br/><br/>First, we break down why Amazon Leo’s enterprise preview matters for architects who live with last‑mile pain. With a new ultra...

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  Desired State Networking, Nostalgia, New Gear From Meter & Ubiquiti, T-Mobile’s Slicing, Wi‑Fi 7, And EU Spectrum Shifts

  Nov 25, 202538 minS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>A week in San Francisco rekindled the builder’s spirit: start with intent, then craft the hardware, software, and process to make that outcome inevitable. From the Pier 27 backdrop to on‑stage moments with Anil, Sunil, and Bob Metcalfe, we trace how desired state networking shifts the conversation away from bolt‑ons and toward autonomy, reliability, and clarity. Think less “features” and more “the network just does what we expect”—and if it drifts, it self‑corrects and tells us why.<br/><br/>We dig into the product details that make that vision real: SFP ports mo...

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