We were told by an Aruba engineer when we planned our air monitors that they should be no closer than 10-12 feet to any existing access point. Since we did our initial wireless signal testing, we tried to plan the air monitors so that they could triangulate (2 air monitors and user) anywhere on a single floor. We really maxed out the signal strength for the air monitors when doing so. We also tried not to count on triangulation between floors. Now that we have deployed the wireless, this plan of attack seems to be fairly efficient.
_________________ Angela K. Hollman Information Technology Services Network Analyst (308)865-8176 "William M. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/19/2007 02:01 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [email protected] cc Subject [WIRELESS-LAN] Proximity of access points - how close together? We're placing some "air monitor" access points (receive-only, never transmit) near existing infrastructure APs. The question has come up of how close these air monitor APs can be to the infrastructure APs (both are Aruba AP70). We want the air monitors to be able to hear everything the infrastructure APs transmit so we're concerned about a "cone of silence" around the omni-directional antennae of the infrastructure APs. Also concerned about too strong a signal overwhelming the air monitors. We'll do some testing ourselves to try to understand the limits but does anyone else have experience with APs in close proximity to each other? Punch Taylor Computer Science Dept Dartmouth College ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
