User's Manual

Deployment Guide 5
Contents
Chapter 1 Preparing for a WLAN Deployment...............................................9
Assessing Your Requirements.............................................................................10
Planning......................................................................................................10
Upgrading from Existing Wi-Fi...................................................................................10
New WLAN Deployment...........................................................................................11
Site Surveys.........................................................................................................12
Budgeting Wi-Fi: The Chicken and Egg Problem..............................................................13
Planning Tools.................................................................................................13
Associated Access Point Costs...............................................................................14
Bandwidth Assumptions for Wi-Fi...............................................................................14
Overcoming Physical Impediments..............................................................................15
Preparing the Wired Network for Wireless....................................................................17
Operational Considerations................................................................................18
Tuning...............................................................................................................18
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................18
Management........................................................................................................18
Deploying with Confidence.......................................................................................18
Basic Wi-Fi Concepts.......................................................................................19
Chapter 2 The HiveAP 20 ag Platform.......................................................23
HiveAP 20 Product Overview..............................................................................24
Ethernet and Console Ports......................................................................................26
Status LEDs.........................................................................................................27
Antennas............................................................................................................28
Mounting the HiveAP 20....................................................................................29
Ceiling Mount.......................................................................................................29
Surface Mount......................................................................................................30
Device, Power, and Environmental Specifications.....................................................31
Chapter 3 The HiveAP 28 Outdoor Platform...............................................33
HiveAP 28 Product Overview..............................................................................34
Ethernet Port.......................................................................................................35
Power Connector..................................................................................................36
Antennas............................................................................................................37