A wireless survey helps connect the floor plan to the work people actually perform. It should answer where coverage is needed, how many devices must work there, and what performance the applications require.
Prepare the requirements
Provide floor plans, occupied rooms, building materials, ceiling heights, and existing cable routes. Include meeting rooms, reception, storage areas, and any outdoor space. Explain whether staff use voice calls, video meetings, handheld scanners, guest access, or high-volume file transfers.
Count expected devices rather than employees alone. A busy room may contain laptops, phones, presentation equipment, and visitors at the same time. Identify older or specialized clients that need compatibility testing.
Assess installation constraints
- Confirm power and data cabling options for each proposed access point.
- Identify mounting restrictions and safe maintenance access.
- Record neighboring networks and interference sources.
- Consider where switching and internet capacity may limit performance.
- Agree how disruption during testing will be managed.
Agree acceptance criteria
Define the locations, client types, and business tasks that should work after installation. Test normal use and busy periods where practical. Signal strength is one measurement; it should not replace checks of application behavior, roaming, and network access.
Keep the final placement plan, cable labels, and configuration notes with the network documentation. If walls, room usage, or device counts change later, revisit the design rather than assuming additional access points are automatically required.
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