Yup. This is your answer. While the expense isn’t desirable, at least you get something for your money. With the slightest amount of care, co-channel interference between APs can be totally eliminated. That building could turn out to have your best wireless.
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Belcher Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 5:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Plastered buildings John, We just went through that exact scenario except we had a common hallway. Our initial plan was to place WAPs along the middle hallway. We were surprised to find zero penetration through plaster walls. Upon further inspection (and a few discreet holes) we found the metal lath. Fortunately, we had drop ceilings so we ended up installing CAT6 cabling in each room and placing an access point. That is not an easy situation. Good luck! Steve WVU Network Operations From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of John Rodkey <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 12:20 AM To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> " <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Plastered buildings How do you deal with buildings that have plaster and fine metal mesh enclosing them? We have placed access points on the exterior of the building, but the signal isn't getting through. The rooms all open onto an outside hallway - there is no common internal hallway. John Rodkey Director of Servers and Networks ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
