This is often an underestimated and overlooked component to an effective wireless deployment. A proper site survey entails visiting a location prior to deployment to gain a real-world understand of a site's physical considerations, activity, any existing wireless interference, and staging an actual simulation to experience how desired equipment will perform.

Physical considerations include the construction and occupation. One construction consideration includes the facility walls, ceilings and floors. Metal, concrete, and timber construction (including their shape) vastly alter the strength and distance of microwave (2.4GHz & 5.8GHz) wireless frequencies. Occupation covers such things as how many people, number of network clients, and what's housed in a facility.

Fortunately, we have worked in areas where large amounts of interference and noise is present. We've learned through experience how to handle even the most difficult of situations. Our clients are often amazed just what's occupying their airwaves.

Site surveys also include placing a test device in the environment and mapping out how well its signal covers the desired area of need. In this step we experiment with different antennas and options of covering the space properly without weak signals.

More importantly, taking a thorough site survey often results in a decreased budget than what was originally calculated to adequately meet project requirements. Specifically, that's less equipment to purchase, but most of all, less equipment to install and maintain.

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