As Bruce mentioned, use the freebie app from Airwave and it works well. Plug in the floor plan that the architect gave you and it should be pretty dang close.
Ian From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W (Network Operations) Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 7:52 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Basic design question Brian, I know the best advice is to survey, but I know for new construction projects that is not possible. We used to use the VisualRF component of Airwave. We now use Ekahau to simulate and plan out deployments. It is always good to survey and adjust afterwards to verify your planning. I assume you already have the AP135s ? They were end of sale in August 2015. End of support is August 2020. We have seen much better coverage results with the newer AP225s Bruce Osborne Senior Network Engineer Network Operations - Wireless (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Brian Helman [mailto:bhel...@salemstate.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 4:41 PM Subject: Basic design question 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 have an initial placement, I just want to keep the engineer honest. We're still new to Aruba. My previous vendor used a different radio structure, so it's not an apples to apples comparison on the layout for me. Thanks. -Brian ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
