Bill,

thanx, I will have a spare AP for the Survey. What about channel conflicts, I presume I should change the channel to avoid overlaps?

There is also the possibility of Voice over Wireless in the near future, is there anything I should watch out for?

Mark

Mark

if yourcurrent system is using bg AP's they should only use channels 1,3,11. For the survey I reccomennd using channel 11 as it is affected more by obticles than the lower channels.

For Voip phones I suggest you review the Phones and video section. As there seem to be many different problems/solutions as there are modles of phones. The importtant thing is same as with wireless computers check your AP model and to see how many devices it can support. I remember one AP that would support 200 clients with no encryption and less than 30 if you used WPA.

You may have to reduce the AP power to shrink the Cell based on you device count.

Good luck

Bill

Bill --

did you really mean channels 1,3,11? I have always read 1,6,11 for b/g?

thanks for your insite

George

Yes 1, 6, 11, unfortunatly typing is not one of my strong suits. Site surveys should also be conducted using CH11 as it is the highest freq and propgates less well than the lower channels.

If there is an installed system it is best to do a site survey with the installed AP as is, this will give you a good picture of the current coverage. if the users are having problems identify the area and plot against you current coverage. you will probably notice low signal or SNR in the problem area if the SNR is low but the signal is okay look for a source of interference.

Use a spare AP to test coverage for identified problem areas or areas requiring additional coverage before actually installing an AP.

Hope this makes things clearer

Bill