ScanOnline performs a wireless site survey, a physical survey of your location to identify the best possible locations for the installation of access points, to ensure 100% wireless coverage, along with maximum performance, within the desired area.
When considering the use of wireless equipment v, it is extremely difficult to predict the propagation of radio waves and detect the presence of interfering signals without the use of specialized test equipment. Even if you are using omni-directional antennas, radio waves do not travel the same distance in all directions. Walls, doors, elevator shafts, people, and other obstacles offer varying degrees of attenuation, which cause the radio frequency (RF) radiation pattern to be irregular and unpredictable.
A radio frequency or wireless site survey is absolutely necessary to determine the behavior of radio waves within a facility before installing any wireless devices.
RF Access Point Coverage Analysis
- Interference analysis
- Power and data cabling requirements
- RF access point and antenna mounting considerations
- Documentation on RF access point locations and installation
The goal of a wireless site survey is to gather enough information and data to assess the number and placement of access points that will provide the coverage required. Coverage required usually means the support of a minimum data rate in a given area. A wireless network site survey detects the presence of radio interference coming from other sources that could degrade the performance of your hospital wireless LAN
Who Needs a Wireless Assessment or Site Survey?
You do, if you want complete wireless coverage without coverage dropping and you need to make sure your network is 100% secure! Contact a wireless site assessment specialist. When our certified wireless engineers perform your wireless site survey, we identify the locations of all your access points, cabling requirements, general network requirements, potential RF interference, electrical requirements, and antenna type and locations.
Our design team can provide load balancing, fault tolerance, and redundant architecture design. Our goal is to get the job done efficiently and throughly, but also helping you save money in full wireless network deployment. Endorsed by Intermec, Symbol, Cisco, to name a few, our highly regarded expertise in wireless networking technology allows us to perform surveys and deploy WiFi networks under the most adverse conditions, succeeding where others fail. The need and complexity of wireless network site survey will vary depending on the size of the facility and the work that is to be accomplished.
Without a wireless site survey, users could end up with inadequate coverage and suffer from low performance in some areas. The purchase of wireless equipment is no small expenditure, so it is best not to leave any portion of the project up to chance. A wireless network assessment analysis ensures all technical gaps are bridged with a seamless integration while you continue with your daily activities as usual.
We custom design every wireless network to control coverage areas to contain radio signal within your premises, helping to prevent unwanted, drive-by access to your network. We also recommend appropriate wireless security solutions for your needs, that go beyond the limitations of WEP.
Our specialists will give you the WEP encrypted password for your wireless network in a matter of minutes ... if you would like a demonstration. 95% of the time, your WLAN is not secure. Are you willing to take that risk?
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