Specifications

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INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 4
..........................................................................................................................................................Conventions 4
WLAN SYSTEM DESIGN.......................................................................................................................................... 4
...................................................................................................................................... General Data Collection 5
.............................................................................................................................................Contact Information 5
.....................................................................................................................................Organizational Structure 5
GETTING TO KNOW THE INSTALLATION SITE ............................................................................................ 5
...........................................................................................................................................................Floor Plans 5
...............................................................................................................................................Network Topology 5
...........................................................................................................................Existing Switch Specifications 6
.................................................................................................................................................802.af PoE Usage 6
...............................................................................................................................................802.3at PoE Usage 6
...................................................................................................................................Site Data Collection Form 6
..............................................................................................................................Pre-deployment Site Survey 7
DETERMINING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................... 7
............................................................................................................................Conduct Customer Interviews 7
.......................................................................................................................Establish Wireless Requirements 7
...........................................................................................................Evaluate Current Wireless Environment 8
..................................................................................................................Establish Application Requirements 8
.........................................................................................................................................................Wi-Fi Clients 8
..................................................................................................................Establish Availability Requirements 8
............................................................................................................................Define Security Requirements 8
..............................................................................................Detail Controller and VLAN Configuration Plans 9
DESIGNING WLANS WITH THE AP300 ............................................................................................................... 9
...................................................................................................................................................General Guidelines 9
.........................................................................................................................................Network Time Service 9
.........................................................................................................VLANs and WLANs - Wired and Wireless 9
..........................................................................................................................................................AP Density 10
..................................................................................................................................................Signal Strength 10
.....................................................................................................................................................................SNR 10
..........................................................................................................................................................Virtual Port 10
.......................................................................................Design Considerations AP300 VPort – Slow Clients 11
....................................................................................................................When to use WLAN Virtualization 12
................................................................................................Virtual Cell Boundaries (Virtual Cell Domains) 12
.............................................................................................................................................Channel Selection 13
.......................................................................................................................................AP Connectivity L2/L3 13
DESIGN SCENARIOS ......................................................................................................................................... 14
................................................................................................................................Simple Office Deployment 14
...........................................................................................................................11n Migration from Microcell 14
...............................................................................................................................................................Outdoor 15
.........................................................................................................................................Vcell/Vport outdoors 16
.........................................................................................................................................................Warehouse 16
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