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Before you deploy APs, use these tools for coverage and capacity planning

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Before you deploy APs, use these tools for coverage and capacity planning

The pre-installation site survey has long been a core element of wireless-LAN deployments. The concept is simple: set up an access point, and, running a site-survey application on a mobile computer, walk around, noting signal strength in various locations in order to build a coverage map. Read full story

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