I didn’t want to put it in the original email, because I was curious what people would say, but my target is -60ish for handhelds. This is new construction, so it’s all predictive at this time. My larger concern was that whole “they can see each other” problem in the cube farm area. The building itself is 2 floors (above a retail space, that could have its own wireless that I don’t manage), roughly 90’x90’ with a poured deck.
Thanks for the comments. I’ll try to parse this later! -Brian From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeffrey D. Sessler Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2017 11:36 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Basic design question I echo Lee’s comment. There is no magic rule here. If WiFi is the secondary (non-production) network, then a few ap’s may be enough. If it’s your primary network and your users will be moving a lot of big data, you’ll likely need a more. Cube spaces are particularly troublesome since ceiling mounted ap’s can see each other, often requiring a lot of manual tuning. If the cube farm is static (doesn’t get re-arranged), there may be advantages to placing the ap’s in the cubes, allowing more density and smaller cells, using the cubes to limit transmission. Jeff From: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of "lhbad...@syr.edu<mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu>" <lhbad...@syr.edu<mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu>> Reply-To: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 6:02 PM To: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Basic design question 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 <cstr...@emory.edu<mailto:cstr...@emory.edu>> wrote: 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 <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of Brian Helman <bhel...@salemstate.edu<mailto:bhel...@salemstate.edu>> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 4:41:05 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 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. ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ********** 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. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
