AP in noisy environment deployment tips

[RICHARD MESSINGER]

I have a customer that has a wireless clean air deployment in their retail environment.

The next step is to add AP's to cover a RF noisy environment, Cold storage areas.  According to the site survey's these areas are showing up as dead zones.

I am suggesting that the customer deploy AP's within the cold storage areas, but I am getting some resistance as to why can I not just use one of the existing AP's and just extend one of the antennas into the room.

I am trying to explain that that just would not work, but I am looking for some more substantial material to help further explain why it is not a good idea.

Any pointers?

Thanks.

[Leo Laohoo]

why can I not just use one of the existing AP's and just extend one of the antennas into the room.

That might work if one was to drill holes through the wall.

I am suggesting that the customer deploy AP's within the cold storage areas

How cold can this room be?  How big is this room?

[RICHARD MESSINGER]

The rooms are of varing size.  A couple that are squarish and a couple that are long.

Temps are in the 32 to 40 degree F range generally with one in the 25 degree range.

The AP's I have spec'ed will be fine in this range.

[Leo Laohoo]

That should be a fine temperature.  If decision makers will allow you to drill holes to drive either APs through or patch antennas it should be do-able.

[Nicolas Darchis]

11n relies on having 3 antennas near each other to get diiferent phases of the same signal.

putting antennas in different rooms means no 11n and bigger collision domain, which is bad