Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Basic design question

2017-04-04 Thread Lee H Badman
Is no magic formula. How many users/devices? What will they be doing? A single AP may do it, or you might need several. Lee Badman (mobile) On Apr 4, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Street, Chad A > wrote: Survey! There is no getting around surveying in my

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Basic design question

2017-04-04 Thread Chuck Enfield
If you disable two of the g radios, bump up the power a little. If your radio's in the middle of the room, 9 dBm would ensure you get a good data rate throughout the room. You may even get away with 6 dBm with such low partition walls. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Basic design question

2017-04-04 Thread Chuck Enfield
So that's 30 to 40 cubes? Two or three AP spread evenly around the space will be fine. Power can be turned way down. I'd use 6 dBm at 5 GHz and 3 dBm at 2.4 GHz. You might even disable one or two of the 2.4 GHz radios depending on 2.4 GHz uptake in your network. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless

RE: Basic design question

2017-04-04 Thread Reimer, Paul
The first suggestion that comes to mind is to watch your corners to insure they are filled out and don't have "corner office syndrome". Standing in the corner of the corner cubical you should see your 5GHz in the negative upper 60's in dBm. People debate that but -65 to -62 is should get you

Re: Basic design question

2017-04-04 Thread Street, Chad A
Survey! There is no getting around surveying in my humble opinion. Create a plan for coverage, then modify it for capacity ( if needed ). From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Brian

Basic design question

2017-04-04 Thread Brian Helman
My installation will be Aruba AP315's, but anyone feel free to chime in .. In an open air area (e.g a large cube farm), what is your general rule of thumb for how apart you place your AP's? One of the spaces I'm looking at is 88' x 24' and will be filled with 8x8' (48" high) cubes. I already