In any event, there should be enough channels to chose from on each protocol to make everyone happy. If you're looking at channel stacking, try to get at least a 20 dBm seperation. Preferably, at least 30 dBm.
-- Espi On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have dual band Wi-Fi's on the systems and if the Cisco units > support it you might want to try switching to A instead of using B, G or > N. I know a lot of if's but it should help and your neighbors would most > likely not even see your signal (A band anyway). Other than that go with > Micheal's suggestion start the conversation with the building owner and get > them involved before you go to the neighbors. > > Jon > > > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 18:05:32 -0800 > > Subject: [NTSysADM] wifi in multitenant buildings? > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > > All, > > > > I can't remember if I've asked this before - it's certainly been on my > > mind a bit lately. > > > > Until recently, we've been the main tenant in a medium-sized three > > story building, taking up most of the first floor, and all of the > > second floor, with a tenant occupying the north half of the third > > floor. (it's about 190,000sqft, of which we occupy around > > 100,000sqft). > > > > Now there are new tenants on the 1st floor, and the tenant on the > > third floor has expanded to both sides of the building, and they've > > each mounted their own wifi infrastructure - very understandable. > > > > However, the tenant on the 3rd floor seems to have completely revamped > > their infrastructure (they used to use Cisco) and have turned up the > > power quite a bit on their new Meraki units, and I'm starting get > > reports of our staff having a hard time connecting to our WAPs. > > > > We have 17 Cisco units (15x1240AG, and two newer units - I can't > > remember which model off the top of my head). > > > > It looks as if the 3rd floor tenant has a minimum of 9 Meraki units on > > the South side of the building - I haven't yet surveyed the North > > side. > > > > I'm looking online for strategies for managing wireless in this kind > > of environment, and not seeing much - probably using the wrong search > > terms. > > > > Aside from working with the landlord (which I plan on doing once I > > have a bit more understanding under my belt), what strategies > > (technical and business) have you seen employed to make such an > > environment "livable"? > > > > I'm pretty sure that simply turning up the power on our WAPs isn't > > going to be a winning strategy - it's probably just start a wifi war, > > and I'd prefer to avoid that. > > > > Kurt > > > > >
