plan wlan

[muhsi_2015]

Hi,

If a room can accomodate 100 people and we assume that everyone use 2 device atleast
and they use youtube streaming and skype calling

How can we plan this wlan

ap is 3702

Thanks

[WiFi Trainers]

Hello,

Can you provide the following info:

-What is the size of the room?

-Will there be a good distribution of users between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz? (Is this something you can know?)

-How many SSID's do you plan to broadcast?

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[muhsi_2015]

Hi,

I want to broadcast five SSID, 

Size of the room ,30x 20 meter approximate 

Will there be a good distribution of users between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz? (Is this something you can know?)

Thanks

[WiFi Trainers]

Hello,

It is tough to comment on an exact number without knowing more details about the type and layout of room, building components involved, radio distribution of clients and baseline throughput required. I would recommend 2 3702 AP's, may be three if there is an extreme requirement of any of the above mentioned parameters.

I would also suggest reducing the number of SSID's being broadcasted. Keeping it at 3 during ur events will reduce the channel utilization happening due to management traffic.

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[muhsi_2015]

Hi,

radio distribution of clients and baseline throughput required. All byod  , But mostly the laptops are 2.4 Ghz ,Assuming everyone carry one laptop and smartphone (2.4 and 5GHZ) How did you  reach the value of 2 AP ? . How do you calculate baseline throughput 

Thanks

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[Scott Fella]

Well I would look at the number of users that will taking tests. I would t worry so much about personal devices that will be in their pocket or bag. So you probably want to keep the number of users per AP to around 20. I'm assuming that they will not all be watching HD 1080p but maybe a lower resolution.  The question I have to ask is why would the devices be only 2.4ghz?  I'm assuming that you are supplying the users with the laptop/desktop to take the test?  5ghz is what you should try to utilize. The 2.4ghz would work okay if there are not a lot of other 2.4ghz around the area.  

When I was at CDW and helping design for schools, many schools had one AP per classroom and two when there were more than 40.  They would utilize google drive and also watch YouTube video.  

-Scott

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[muhsi_2015]

Hi,

The question I have to ask is why would the devices be only 2.4ghz?  

Its mixed , but i saw most of them are 2.4 Ghz

I'm assuming that you are supplying the users with the laptop/desktop to take the test?

This is  BYOD.

What are the variable you used to find  no of access point required.

The number of spatial stream does impact in the capacity planning ?.

What if 3600 series instead of 3700 series 

Thanks

[Scott Fella]

We use the 3702's but the number of spatial streams doesn't really help my with the decision on quantity of AP's. The number of AP's is dependent on user experience. That is why it's better to plan for more if it's harder to add AP's later.  Dual band clients connecting on the 2.4ghz more than the 5ghz is due to how you are optimizing your RF.  The rule of thumb you will see in the forum is 25. Remember that AP placement is the key and then you can optimize the RF. If your drawing is 4 rooms, then I would say one AP in each room.  

-Scott

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[muhsi_2015]

Hi,

What would you recommend  for the two values  in ekahau palnner 

Channel overlap 

Number of access point 

Thanks

[Scott Fella]

The values you have are fine.  You will have enough coverage especially if you have at least one AP in each room.  They are the same values we use also, but we adjust for density.  How you adjust, depends on the usage of the wireless.  Some sites will have a denser deployment than others because of how they use the wireless.  I think you will be fine with one AP per room.

-Scott

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[muhsi_2015]

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback , What does exactly 

Number of access point  Min(2) .......at min(-75)dBm..

Channel Overlap Max(2) at .....at min(-85)dBm..

And what is the overlap required between aps for roaming ,How we would incorporate these values in planning 

Thanks

[Scott Fella]

Means that there should be two AP's at a given location with at  -75 or better. Then the same channel should have a separation in which the other AP on the same channel should have a signal of -85 or worse.  Since your rooms are inline, you would only or should have the AP in the adjacent room for roaming. 

-Scott

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[muhsi_2015]

Hi,

My passive survey shows the least signal in the ara is  -65 dBm.

But the 5 ghz client still connect to  2.4 Radio . Client getting -82 dBm from the AP's

Thanks 

[Scott Fella]

You created two different posts.  I'm assuming you are looking at accommodating 100 users, not 50 like your other post?

-Scott

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[muhsi_2015]

Hi

Yes you are correct ,for some reason i could not delete it 

Thanks