Wireless AP Placement and Digramming

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Published on 2010-03-07T19:49:24Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 0:32 UTC
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I'm trying to research the best placement of wireless APs in a given space, and I'm running into problems in gathering information.

I found (what I thought was) a great source in this tech republic article: http://techrepublic.com.com/5206-6230-0.html?forumID=82&threadID=163120

While this diagram seems detailed and overall very informative, there were a lot of comments talking about how it was lacking in things like "wire racks, microwaves, concrete walls, motors..." etc.

Maybe I'm rash, but I just sort of looked around my office (which is, albeit, somewhat smaller than the one diagrammed), and went "uhhh, there", and hooked up the AP. It seems to cover everywhere. I imagine if my office quadrupled in size, I'd logically divide it up and put four APs in, with a similar amount of thought devoted to each.

So, suppose I had a much more complex office. What tools (both diagramming and surveying) do you use to plan your AP placement?

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Wireless AP Placement and Digramming

Posted by Matt Simmons on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Matt Simmons
Published on 2010-03-07T19:49:24Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 3:32 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 595

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I'm trying to research the best placement of wireless APs in a given space, and I'm running into problems in gathering information.

I found (what I thought was) a great source in this tech republic article: http://techrepublic.com.com/5206-6230-0.html?forumID=82&threadID=163120

While this diagram seems detailed and overall very informative, there were a lot of comments talking about how it was lacking in things like "wire racks, microwaves, concrete walls, motors..." etc.

Maybe I'm rash, but I just sort of looked around my office (which is, albeit, somewhat smaller than the one diagrammed), and went "uhhh, there", and hooked up the AP. It seems to cover everywhere. I imagine if my office quadrupled in size, I'd logically divide it up and put four APs in, with a similar amount of thought devoted to each.

So, suppose I had a much more complex office. What tools (both diagramming and surveying) do you use to plan your AP placement?

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