Cisco Cisco 2504 Wireless Controller Guía Para Resolver Problemas
Site Survey Guidelines for WLAN Deployment
Document ID: 116057
Contributed by Patrick Croak and Young Kim, Cisco TAC Engineers.
Apr 10, 2013
Apr 10, 2013
Contents
Introduction
Prerequisites
Requirements
Components Used
Conventions
Types of Site Surveys
Passive Survey
Active Survey
Predictive Surveys
Plan for the Survey
Checklist of Base Items to ask the Site Survey Provider
Mistakes That Make a Survey Poor
Calibration
Signal Propagation
Survey Path
Incomplete Walking Path
Complete Walking Path
Considerations for Capacity
Channel Scanning, SSID, and Adapter Type
Key Items to Check in a Post−validation Survey
Coverage
Overlap
Signal−to−Noise Ratio
Noise Floor
Bleed Through
Rogues and Interferers
Use WLC Link−Test to Assist with Coverage Assessment
How to check for AP coverage
Understand Wireless Data Rates
Coverage (Cell Size)
Management Frames
Multicast Delivery
Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
Verification of Signal Strength
inSSIDer
Neighbor List on 792x Phone
Related Information
Prerequisites
Requirements
Components Used
Conventions
Types of Site Surveys
Passive Survey
Active Survey
Predictive Surveys
Plan for the Survey
Checklist of Base Items to ask the Site Survey Provider
Mistakes That Make a Survey Poor
Calibration
Signal Propagation
Survey Path
Incomplete Walking Path
Complete Walking Path
Considerations for Capacity
Channel Scanning, SSID, and Adapter Type
Key Items to Check in a Post−validation Survey
Coverage
Overlap
Signal−to−Noise Ratio
Noise Floor
Bleed Through
Rogues and Interferers
Use WLC Link−Test to Assist with Coverage Assessment
How to check for AP coverage
Understand Wireless Data Rates
Coverage (Cell Size)
Management Frames
Multicast Delivery
Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
Verification of Signal Strength
inSSIDer
Neighbor List on 792x Phone
Related Information
Introduction
The first step in a wireless LAN (WLAN) deployment is to ensure that desired operation begins with a site
survey to assess the Radio Frequency (RF) behavior in a specific environment. Many issues can arise in a
wireless network due to poor planning and coverage.
survey to assess the Radio Frequency (RF) behavior in a specific environment. Many issues can arise in a
wireless network due to poor planning and coverage.