Wireless
Wireless Network Deployments
Wi-Fi drops in the same three places it has always dropped, somebody added another access point, and it did not help.
Who this is for, and what it fixes
Wi-Fi drops in the same three places it has always dropped, and adding another access point has not fixed it.
If one of these sounds familiar, this is usually the right conversation.
- Coverage fails in specific, predictable places.
- You run scanners, tablets, or handhelds that drop their connection while moving.
- You are fitting out a warehouse, a plant, or a new building.
- Guests and staff are currently on the same wireless network.
What you get out of it
- The Wi-Fi works in the corner of the warehouse it never worked in.
- Guests are on a network that cannot reach anything of yours.
- Handhelds and scanners stop dropping their connection between aisles.
- Adding an access point is planned rather than guessed.
What we do about it
Adding hardware rarely fixes wireless, 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 design accounts for what the building is made of and what you are doing in it. Block walls, racking, refrigeration, and metal all change the answer, and a warehouse full of stock behaves differently from the same warehouse when it is empty.
Then we prove it. After installation we survey again and show you the coverage you actually got, rather than telling you it should be better now.
What is included
Site survey
Measured coverage in your building, in its working state, rather than a prediction from a floor plan.
Design
Access point placement, channel plan, and power levels chosen for your space and the equipment using it.
Installation
Mounted, cabled, and configured, scheduled around your operation.
Guest and staff separation
Visitors get internet access and nothing else, on a network that cannot reach your systems.
Validation survey
We measure again afterwards and show you the result. This is the step that separates a design from a hope.
Ongoing monitoring
Coverage and equipment health watched as part of your agreement.
How it works, step by step
- We survey the buildingWith instruments, in the building, with the racking where the racking actually is. A survey done on a floor plan is a guess with a diagram attached.
- We design the coverageHow many access points, where, on what channels, and what each one is cabled back to. Fewer units placed properly beat more units placed hopefully.
- We install and validate itThen we walk it again with the same instruments, because the difference between designed and delivered is the part nobody checks.
- We manage it afterwardsFirmware, interference from whatever the neighbors install next, and a guest network that stays separate from your operation.
Warehouses and plants are their own problem
Racking moves, stock height changes weekly, and a forklift is a large moving object that absorbs signal. Handhelds also have to roam between access points without dropping mid-scan, which is a design decision rather than something that happens on its own. This is measured work, and it is why we survey the space loaded rather than empty.
Common questions
How is this priced?
The survey is quoted on its own and is yours whether or not we do the installation. Hardware and installation are quoted from what the survey finds.
Ongoing management is monthly per access point, and it is 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. That is exactly what the survey settles.
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 is often close enough. For anything with racking, machinery, or block walls, a prediction and reality diverge 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 different mounting, and weather and distance change the design. It is routine work, it just is not the same work as covering an office.
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