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Wireless Site Surveys

Wireless' Popularity is also it's Weakness
The last five years have seen a proliferation of wireless computing, making it more and more possible to "cut the cord" when working at home and in the office. What many users don't realize is... That same popularity can make it unreliable in densly populated areas as more and more radios cause more and more interference. Even if you don't have a high number of wireless devices in your area, how can you make sure you will get the coverage you expect without causing interference or needlessly spending money on more equipment than you need?

The Business Problem
Smaller and Larger businesses today want to make an investment in Wireless but don't know whether they have an environment which is conducive to its use or not. What kind of Wireless standards should be employed? What kinds of speeds are needed? What type of applications will be using the Wireless infrastructure? Will Voice be used? All necessary questions to ensure the wireless infrastructure fits and all predicated on what the RF (Radio Frequency) climate is in your area.

Some businesses have already implemented a wireless solution but have found it to work unreliably and without the coverage they expect. Where are the problems? What can be done to fix them? These answers are hard to come by unless you have real inforamtion about how Radio is working in your environment.

What's the Solution?
The only way to ensure your business goals are met when dealing with Wireless is to have a complete wireless site survey done. A complete survey is going to evaluate the Wireless Spectrum that your WiFi connection is going to use and will tell you what your expected coverage and reliability will be... Even before you buy all your equipment.

The process is simple... A Fluid Networks Engineer will come out to your office with a Wireless Access point and a laptop running special software that can capture the necessary statistics and report on them. After walking your site and taking measurements from the Access point located at different locations around the office, the engineer can overlay the results over a digital floorplan of your actual office space.

You'll be able to see clearly how interference and other architectural elements in your office environment will affect your ability to get a good wireless signal. Fluid Networks can take this information and begin to make recommendations.

Signal Strength Map

Latency to Signal Chart

Measure latency and see how Interference in your building is affecting your ability to connect and run your favorite, critical applications. See where you are going to have the most trouble moving from one Access Point to another.

Very complicated information can be shown in simple, easy to understand graphs and diagrams so any "non-tech" decision makers can understand how our site survey will impact their budget. IT staff has real information at their fingertips to substantiate their need for additional components in order to enhance Wireless coverage areas and stability. Conversely, management can ensure money goes to where it's going to make the most difference.

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3D Signal Strength Map

In the end, once you have a clear understanding of how wireless will perform in your environment, you will save money. By avoiding common mistakes, your company stands to improve productivity and keep from spending money needlessly. The cost to implement and to manage the solution stays low because you're IT staff isn't spending their days constantly troubleshooting connectivity issues related to the Wireless network.