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Wireless Network Deployments
Reliable business Wi-Fi comes from design work. Coverage problems usually trace back to access point placement and interference, so we measure the building before recommending any hardware.
Signs Your Wireless Network Needs Redesigning
The Wi-Fi drops in the same spots it always has, and adding another access point hasn't fixed it.
If any of these describe your business, this service is usually the right place to start.
- Coverage fails in specific, predictable places.
- Scanners and handhelds drop their connection while staff move around.
- You're fitting out a warehouse or a new building.
- Guests and staff share the same wireless network.
Benefits of a Designed Wireless Network
- The Wi-Fi works in the corner of the warehouse where it never worked.
- Guests get a network that can't reach anything of yours.
- Handhelds and scanners stay connected between aisles.
- New access points go where the measurements say they should.
How We Design Business Wi-Fi
Adding hardware rarely fixes Wi-Fi and often makes it worse, because access points that overlap badly interfere with each other. We survey the building first and design from what we measure.
A good design accounts for what the building is made of and what you do in it. Block walls, racking, refrigeration and metal all change the answer, and a full warehouse behaves differently from the same warehouse when it's empty.
Then we prove it. After installation we survey again and show you the coverage you actually got.
What Our Wireless Deployments Include
Site survey
Measured coverage in your building in its working state, so the design starts from real readings.
Design
Access point placement and a channel plan, chosen for your space and the devices using it.
Installation
Access points mounted and cabled, scheduled around your operation. The structured cabling is part of the same job.
Guest and staff separation
Visitors get internet access on a network that can't reach your systems. See guest Wi-Fi.
Validation survey
We measure again afterwards and show you the result, which is how you know the design works.
Ongoing monitoring
Coverage and equipment health watched as part of your agreement.
How a Wireless Deployment Works, Step by Step
- We survey the buildingWe measure on site with instruments, with the racking where it actually sits. A survey done from a floor plan is an estimate with a diagram attached. See wireless site surveys.
- We design the coverageHow many access points, where they go, which channels they use and what each one is cabled back to. A few well-placed units usually outperform a larger number placed by guesswork.
- We install and validate itThen we walk the building again with the same instruments, because the gap between the design and the installation is easy to miss.
- We manage it afterwardsFirmware updates and interference checks, including whatever the neighbors install next.
Wireless for Warehouses and Manufacturing Plants
In a warehouse, stock height changes weekly and forklifts absorb signal as they move. Handhelds also have to roam between access points without dropping mid-scan, and that only happens when the design plans for it. It's why we survey the space loaded with stock.
Warehouse and plant wireless covers this work in detail. It matters most to manufacturers and transportation and logistics companies.
Our post on why office Wi-Fi is slow covers the office side, where the fix is rarely a new router.
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Wireless Network FAQ
How is a wireless deployment priced?
The survey is quoted on its own, and the results are yours whether or not we do the installation. Hardware and installation are quoted from what the survey finds.
Ongoing management is a monthly figure per access point, and it's optional.
Will more access points fix our coverage?
Usually not on their own. Badly placed access points interfere with each other, and the result can be worse than fewer, better positioned ones. The survey settles that question.
Do you have to survey, or can you quote from a floor plan?
We can estimate from a plan, and for a small open office that's often close enough. Racking and block walls change the picture quickly, and the survey costs less than getting the design wrong.
Can you cover a yard or outdoor area?
Yes. Outdoor coverage uses different equipment and mounting, and weather and distance change the design. It's routine work, planned separately from the indoor design and tied into your business network.
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