The Industrial Wi-Fi Shop Podcast

In this episode, Scott and Jeremy break down the operational modes of several leading industrial wireless client radios, including the Phoenix Contact 1021, ProSoft RLX2, and Siemens SCALANCE, explaining when and why you'd choose each one. The conversation digs into the real-world importance of Layer 2 transparency for protocols like PROFINET and PROFIsafe, and how technologies like VxLAN are making standards-based deterministic wireless more accessible. The hosts also tackle the often-overlooked challenge of passive clients on industrial networks and how NAT and IP masquerading can keep them reachable without breaking your architecture. Whether you're retrofitting legacy serial devices or building out a full IIoT data pipeline, this episode has the technical depth to help you make smarter wireless decisions on the plant floor.

Jerry Olla from Hamina dropped buy to talk about the Hamina tools and what it means for wireless in the realms of OT. Their New tools for surveys and full suite of wireless design software are game changers for industrial wireless surveys.

The 2025 year end round up with the IWS guys talking with others from the wireless and OT communities about what's currently on their test benches and lots of other great stuff!

Josh Varghese sits down and knocks off the dirt from his boots with The Industrial Wi-Fi Shop team to talk about the OT infrastructure that it takes to support industrial wireless deployments. From general Wi-Fi access to sensor suites, from HaLoW to wireless I/O, they all require wires and network protocols on the back end.

Kelly Peralta from Gateworks Corporation & Andy McFarlane from Morse Micro came by The Industrial Wi-Fi Shop to discuss Wi-Fi HaLow in depth with Jeremy and myself! From development to real world use cases, from hardware to frequencies, it's a good time. I am really excited for this one as HaLow has been talked about for what seems like forever. Now we are finally seeing real devices purpose built for use in enterprise, industry and manufacturing.

Dan and Eric from Esteem sat down with the IWS guys to talk about 900MHz, how they utilize it, and how it compares to Wi-Fi HaLow.

It’s not your mothers wi-fi. As a matter of fact, it’s not 802.11 at all! Matt Virus and Igor Moiseev from Cisco stop by the shop to talk all things URWB and Industrial IoT.

Tobias Meyer from Aunex came into the shop for a deep dive into the world of Bluetooth Low Energy, also known as BLE and to talk industrial use cases.

Julio Petrovitch joins the guys to discuss all things NetAlly! The Aircheck G3 and the Cyberscope Air, what can they do and how can they benefit you in OT wireless (or in any environment)

Winners of the Wi-Fi Explorer 3 Guide Giveaway, News, Events and The Growth of Industrial Wireless. The Importance of Best Practices and Their Impact on Planning, Installation and Long Term Maintenance

Bryan Lee and Brian Tuttle from the super power consortium that is Oscium and MetaGeek join the show to talk all things spectrum analysis!

Justin Shade and Danny Walters from Phoenix Contact USA joined us to hang out in the shop and talk about wireless power induction, NearFi and wireless I/O. Also the latest contest winners, news and more!

The cast from R3 Solutions joins us to discuss Wireless Token Ring to help us understand the fundamentals on how this technology works and what its use cases are.

The latest news and technologies in industrial/manufacturing wireless communications. We also start down the Wi-Fi 7 speculation rabbit hole and what it could mean for these challenging environments.

Jeremy guides us through a deep dive into the realm of radiant coaxial antennas, what they are and how they are used.

Joining us this episode is Heath Week from Gerdau Special Steel – It’s a free for all when it comes to Wi-Fi of Steel! as we discuss wireless communications and equipment survivability in a steel mill.

Be sure to join Jeremy Baker and myself as we welcome special guest Victor Parangelo from ProSoft Technology Inc.! Its going to be Wi-Fi Fight Club! as we discuss the differences and use cases for Wi-Fi 6 versus is predecessors for industrial and manufacturing applications.

To own your industrial airspace you need to understand that its more than just encrypting data traffic. You have to look at the site as a whole. In this episode we discuss many of the variables it takes to secure industrial wireless communications.

Wi-Fi6 comes to industrial wireless devices! In this episode we talk about events, trends and Wi-Fi6 starting to make its appearance in industrial radios and the possible impacts it could have.

Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy... What is it? What does it do? How does it work? Dive into the mechanics of Bluetooth and learn about many of its use cases in industry and manufacturing.

Wireless network design can be very challenging. However there are distinct differences in design depending on the environment. This is part two of a round table discussion of four wireless engineers, two who work primarily in the enterprise realm and two from the world of industry and manufacturing.

Wireless network design can be very challenging. However there are distinct differences in design depending on the environment. This is part one of a round table discussion of four wireless engineers, two who work primarily in the enterprise realm and two from the world of industry and manufacturing.

WirelessHART and ISA100.11a are two wireless protocols designed specifically for industrial applications. Based on the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standards and utilizing Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum, these protocols provide robust and reliable low data rate wireless communications for a variety of industrial sensors and sometimes even controls.

Jim Palmer came into the shop to talk about Radio Frequency (RF), how antennas work and propagate RF energy. Jim packs quite a bit of knowledge into this conversation and I had to take notes!

Episode 2 brings Jeremy Baker into the shop to talk with me about industrial wireless safety and mobility. From theme park rides to heavy industrial equipment, we cover a lot of material so be sure to pay attention.

Wireless assessments have long been important to enterprise wireless deployments, in this episode we discuss their importance to industrial wireless as well.

Manufacturing and industrial environments provide their own unique challanges for wireless communications. Harsh conditions, both indoors and out, create a daunting task for engineers work through. This is where we come to discuss those challenges, share ideas and help one another out. My name is Scott McNeil and welcome to the Industrial Wi-Fi Shop