GET OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE FROM YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK
A Wi-Fi heat map that shows a layout of your office floor plan – that overlays over a graphical representation of your wireless signal is a valuable tool for designing or troubleshooting your organization’s Wi-Fi infrastructure.
By using a Wi-Fi heat map, our network engineers can identify dead zones and make appropriate adjustments to the network design, as well as reduce technical support issues for your team. It is highly recommended that you partner with an experienced provider of Wi-Fi services like us to ensure that quality output is delivered.
WHY HEAT MAPPING IS IMPORTANT
Heat mapping establishes efficiency and provides important network information to your organization. From a cost-savings perspective, it can be far cheaper and easier to invest in a Wi-Fi heat map than sending out an internal senior administrator to conduct testing to determine the source of problems, or, to guess on an overall design in the case of a new installation.
Additionally, heat mapping can prevent costly network and internet disruptions that are detrimental to your business operations. Beyond the bottom line, heat mapping technology also offers a technological advantage for determining optimal connectivity locations.
Once properly calibrated, heat mapping will receive and analyse transmitted signals to synthesise a complete visual image of signal coverage. This technology also enables continual monitoring to measure how connectivity may fluctuate over time.
HEAT MAPPING BEST PRACTICES
While there are clear benefits of implementing Wi-Fi heat mapping, there are some important considerations to consider beforehand. For best practice and to achieve maximum data accuracy, we always calibrate the software to your location’s specific floor plan.
This may include setting attenuation values for potential causes of physical interference such as doors, windows and walls. Before setting up heat map software, we also consider the data structure and file format in which network visualisations will be presented, and whether any business processes may be affected or need to be updated to view and use the information it provides.
The survey team has experience in specifying 802.11 systems of different types and for different needs, with this experience and with some of the best tools available, we are confident that the designs produced will meet your requirements
The Ekahau Sidekick is most widely used for surveys. This passively scans the 2.4 GHz band and 5 GHz bands, as well as spectrum analysis capture on both bands.
LET US HELP YOU GET THE MOST FROM YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK
With our wireless network site survey and heat map, your organisation will get consistent and reliable coverage from your WiFi network. Whether it’s assessing the level of performance on your existing Wi-Fi network or gathering the information needed such as the structured cabling requirements for a new high-performance installation, our team can get the job done.
For ongoing management and support of your wireless networks, Lantech can provide the required support plans
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