Phill makes a very good point - you can spend an infinite amount of time looking for perfection. My feeling is, "it ain't gonna happen in RF". You can do tons of spectrum analyzing and never see the sporadic interference that will take down your signal next March - for 10 seconds. And, so what if the user has to re-initiate their connection? It's NOT the wired network.
If the intent is to provide web browsing and e-mail capability (low BW applications) then the user will barely be able to, if at all, notice the difference in 200kbps versus 500kbps in non-interactive environments. AirMagnet is a GREAT tool for site surveying, too. We used it extensively, and still haven't used all its capability. Kirt Guinn Indiana University -----Original Message----- From: 802.11 wireless issues listserv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phill Solomon Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] site survey/deployment plan software Hi, 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 > >********** >Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent >Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. Phill Solomon Networks - Systems and IT Infrastructure - Information Division University of Melbourne Phone 834 48804 Fax 9347 4804 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
