Scott wrote: >Hello. I am curious to find out if anyone can recommend a specific company >that performs site surveys?
We do this... >If so, what would a ballpark price be for a medium-sized office building >(e.g. per hour cost)? We have a quote now from one company, but it seems >high and I am not too impressed. Our site surveys are fixed price - After a brief site visit and discussion with you, I can provide a quote. >They are simply going to bring in a few AP's with a variety of antennas >and performing trial-and-error within the building. I had expected some >more sophisticated equipment and procedures. We begin by using an HP spectrum analyzer to determine the signal strength of existing RF. We then use some other tools to determine the levels of existing 802.11x traffic and the source. I can discuss these and the following steps in detail when we chat. >Am I wrong in the expectations? If not, I feel we could perform this type of >survey in our building ourselves. If I were to do this on my own, what types >of equipment other than a wireless card, AP, and antennas should be used? You are right: If you can do a basic site survey yourself, but a more comprehensive site survey "up-front" will save you time, headaches & money later... We I believe the tools and expertise that we bring to this process validate our involvement. I really don't want this to sound like a sales pitch, so for the real pitch, give me a call :-) Kurt A.F. Kiesow III Copperless Networks (408) 265-6505 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
