Installing and configuring access points

Installing and configuring access points

 

The largest hurdle toward getting your wireless LAN (WLAN) up and running is the configuration of your access points (APs) and wireless clients. Chapter 5 of Cisco 802.11 Wireless Networking Quick Reference by Toby Velte and Anthony Velte explains how to install and configure APs. Before you install or configure an AP, you should first conduct a site survey. This chapter contains an exercise that shows you where the best -- and worst -- places are in your organization Wi-Fi reception. You use an AP and a client to conduct a site survey. Both the AP and client move around to various, temporary locations in an effort to find ideal placement. (Reproduced from the book Cisco 802.11 Wireless Networking Quick Reference, ISBN 158705227X, Copyright 2005, Cisco Systems, Inc. Reproduced by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240. Written permission from Pearson Education, Inc. is required for all other uses. Visit www.ciscopress.com for a detailed description and to learn how to purchase this title.)

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This was first published in November 2005

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