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Wireless Site Survey

Although deploying wireless Ethernet in an industrial environment has some advantages over a traditional cabled network, there are additional factors which must be considered to ensure a successful implementation.

A wireless Ethernet network requires all the planning of a traditional network, plus a lot more. The first step to successful wireless deployment is a wireless site survey.

The key issues
A corporate network must be reliable, predictable, and secure under all circumstances. The purpose of a site survey is to reduce the unpredictability associated with wireless networking. What is the optimum number of access points? Where should the access points be placed? Where are the potential sources of interference? What data throughput and reliability can be achieved? These questions are only a fraction of the parameters which must be considered.

But most important of all, how secure is the network? Signals leaking outside the building and incorrectly implemented security mechanisms can spell disaster for your network and your business.

Which advantages you should exploit
With decades of experience in industrial networking, Hirschmann is now focussing its expertise on the challenge of implementing wireless networks in hostile environments. As a manufacturer, our technicians have the latest technological knowledge, and are equipped with high-end professional survey tools.

But regardless of which manufacturer¿s equipment you intend to deploy, we will design a wireless network which is cost-effective, meets your business requirements, accommodates your unique environmental conditions, connects seamlessly to any existing network, and conforms to national regulations. An investment in a reliable wireless future.

What we do for you
RF Range and Coverage
  • Detect existing WLAN equipment
  • Determine Access Point placement
  • Recommend channel selection
  • Measure signal strength, distance, and Signal to Noise Ratio
  • Verify and eliminate obstacle-induced signal loss
  • Select the correct antennas


Bandwidth Availability
  • Establish data rate boundaries
  • Verify data throughput
  • Design load balancing
  • Evaluate Client capacity
Topologies
  • Determine the suitability of Infrastructure or Ad-hoc mode
  • Assess wireless bridging possibilities
  • Verify Client Roaming
  • Design redundancy methods

Security recommendations
  • Propose encryption techniques
  • Indicate authentication methods

Documentation
  • Describe methodology
  • Provide site diagrams with hardware placement, RF coverage, and data throughput
  • Suggest hardware configuration
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