We contracted out some areas as part of a deployment. Mostly though, we did the surveys ourselves using AP,s and laptops - it was not to hard at all. The contractor themselves did not use a spectrum analyzer. We also were not approaching the project with the view that everything must be 100% perfect. Overall we are happy with the result presented as a coverage guide to students and staff.
The results
http://www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/wireless/coverage.html
Phill Solomon University of Melbourne Australia.
At 02:37 AM 17/01/2004, you wrote:
Hi All
I was just curious what people on this list have done for site surveys. Has it been basically a couple access points and some laptops? Or have you gone ahead and hired consultants/suppliers to come in and do your site survey?
Has anyone used any particular software to do complete campus plans? I have looked at Wireless Valley's LANPLanner software (uses autocad drawings of your buildings and site survey readings to recommend access point placement) briefly, and am wondering if anyone has any experience with it or something similar.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Matthew Ashfield Network Analyst Integrated Technology Services University of New Brunswick (506) 447-3033
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