topic Re: Wi-Fi in Wireless

Wi-Fi

Mohammed Yusuf — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:57:08 GMT

Can you please advise which cisco solution for wifi is better for bigger office.
I am looking to implement on two floors.
Thanks

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Re: Wi-Fi

Sandeep Choudhary — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:02:54 GMT

HI Mohammad,

Just in short:

for what purpose you want to use ...like for guest or employees or?

OInly for production area or ?

You can use Controller based solution : You need to buy a controller(2504 or 5508) and Cisco AP (2600 or as per ur requirment)

1. Plan ur requirments

2. Make a site survey.(Survey will show that how many AP u need ...)

3. Then deploy.

Regards

Re: Wi-Fi

Mohammed Yusuf — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:01:10 GMT

Hi Sandeep,

We have already got two wifi routers serving for employees and guest but connection drops and sometimes out of range. I want to replace it with better and reliable system.

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Mohammed Yusuf — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:48:16 GMT

Do I need to buy WLC ? Is it a better way to implement wireless network? Would AP serve production and guest network simultaneously?

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Scott Fella — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:53:41 GMT

If you have the budget... Then yes, it's the best way to implement wireless these days. You will be able to manage all AP's from the WLC and not have to manage each AP. Roaming and many of the newer features are also available when implementing a WLC.

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Sandeep Choudhary — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:31:00 GMT

HI Mohammed,

If you have enough budget then it is the best solution.

Benifits of WLC:

Provides both real-time and historical information about RF interference
If you have WLC then you dont need to configure anything to AP(zero touch configuration).
Manage all AP via WLC

....any many more.

Regards

Re: Wi-Fi

Mohammed Yusuf — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:21:58 GMT

So am I ok to assume One AP can support Production and Guest both?

How and where I should get the quote from for WLC and two or three APs?

Any recommendation?

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Leo Laohoo — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:43:28 GMT

How and where I should get the quote from

Because we don't know what country you are in, we do not know who the authorized Cisco resellers in that country are. So instead, you'll have to search and choose for yourself. Go here to search: http://tools.cisco.com/WWChannels/LOCATR/openBasicSearch.do

WLC and two or three APs?

You won't know how many APs you will need unless you are able to get a wireless site survey done. Do that, and you'll be able to determine how many APs you need.

Next, Cisco has a lot of models for the AP. I recommend you go here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5678/Products_Sub_Category_Home.html

Search for the AP you are interested in. I would recommend you DO NOT pick the 1600.

For the WLC, since you won't need anything in excess of 75 APs, I'd recommend you look into the WLC 2504.

Re: Wi-Fi

Mohammed Yusuf — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:48:49 GMT

All I can think I need 3 but I would try to buy two see if they cover both floors.

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Mohammed Yusuf — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:22:34 GMT

Is there any way I could do survey myself?

I am based in Lancashire (UK).

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Leo Laohoo — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:50:39 GMT

Is there any way I could do survey myself?

If you don't know what you are doing, how can you do a wireless site survey yourself?

If you'd like, get a floor done and watch (and learn) the person doing it like a hawk. If you are confident enough, do the second floor yourself.

I am based in Lancashire (UK).

There are a lot of UK-based authorized Cisco reseller. All you have to do is look for them youself.

One key bit when you are asking for a quote: It is very, very important you SPECIFICALLY tell the vendor the country you will want to install the AP. This is very important because if you or the vendor gets the wrong regulatory domain, you MAY NOT be able to get your AP to become operational.

Re: Wi-Fi

Mohammed Yusuf — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:57:46 GMT

What is the other option? Single APs on each floor without WLC. It would not harm if it works if not we only have to invest in WLC.
One thing I would like to ask can one AP provide both Guest and for employees?

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Leo Laohoo — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 23:13:58 GMT

One thing I would like to ask can one AP provide both Guest and for employees?

Of course it can. Nearly everyone asks this scenario in the wireless forum.

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Mohammed Yusuf — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:17:18 GMT

Is there a good AP you could think of, if it does not achieve our goal then we could go for WLC and use same AP.

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Leo Laohoo — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:58:00 GMT

Is there a good AP you could think of, if it does not achieve our goal then we could go for WLC and use same AP.

Mohammed,

Read my first response to this thread. It will contain a link of all available AP models and my recommendation.

Re: Wi-Fi

Mohammed Yusuf — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:47:08 GMT

Hi Leo/Sandeep,

We have decided not to go for WLC but only Wireless Access Points.

My office is 70 Meters X 70 Meters and I had a look at this Access Point plus 3700

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/UK/solutions/small_business/products/wireless/500_series_wireless_access_points/index.html

I was thinking more future proof as well as better mid range.

Re: Wi-Fi

Mohammed Yusuf — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:01:00 GMT

Hi guys,

Can you please advise?

I called Cisco Pre Sales UK and told them my requirements and no one got back to me.

Thanks

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Re: Wi-Fi

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:05:34 GMT

Hi Mohammed,

As we tolad you earlier.

WLC based solution is best because U can manage AP, you do not need to configure anything on AP.

WLC will manage RF, power level, DCA...all automatically.

Better to go for:

1. Site survey with the help of any experts.

2. Then plan how many APs u need.

Go for 2504 WLC.

Regards

Re: Wi-Fi

Mohammed Yusuf — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:09:19 GMT

Hi Sandeep,
It has come down to IT budget and I have measured the floor distance as I mentioned in my previous post. I would like to avoid extra cost for WLC and get only AP.
It would suit our budget to just get AP for now if we need to go over two access point we may take a look at WLC.
Can you pls advise which are better for my requirement?

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Re: Wi-Fi

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:21:16 GMT

HI Mohammed,

First of all, the below link shows the AP comparison:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5678/ps10981/at_a_glance_c45-636090.pdf

Example 1042 AP: It also Depends. What are the users going to be doing? If they are just doing some web and email, you could expect ~5,000 sqft of coverage and probably 20-30 users to work ok. If they are doing voice, video, or high bandwidth applications, you'll get less.

Thats the reason we are telling you to do a proper site survey with all your requirments.

Then only you can find the out: which AP u need.

Regards

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