User's Manual

Deployment Guide 5
Contents
Chapter 1 Preparing for a WLAN Deployment ...............................................9
Assessing Your Requirements .............................................................................10
Planning ......................................................................................................10
Upgrading from Existing Wi-Fi ...................................................................................10
New WLAN Deployment...........................................................................................11
Site Surveys.........................................................................................................12
Budgeting Wi-Fi: The Chicken and Egg Problem ..............................................................13
Planning Tools .................................................................................................13
Associated Access Point Costs...............................................................................14
Bandwidth Assumptions for Wi-Fi ...............................................................................14
Overcoming Physical Impediments..............................................................................15
Preparing the Wired Network for Wireless ....................................................................17
Operational Considerations................................................................................18
Tuning ...............................................................................................................18
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................18
Management........................................................................................................18
Deploying with Confidence.......................................................................................18
Basic Wi-Fi Concepts .......................................................................................19
Chapter 2 The HiveAP 20 ag Platform....................................................... 23
HiveAP 20 Product Overview ..............................................................................24
Ethernet and Console Ports ......................................................................................26
Status LEDs .........................................................................................................27
Antennas ............................................................................................................28
Mounting the HiveAP 20....................................................................................29
Ceiling Mount.......................................................................................................29
Surface Mount......................................................................................................30
Device, Power, and Environmental Specifications.....................................................31
Chapter 3 The HiveAP 28 Outdoor Platform ............................................... 33
HiveAP 28 Product Overview ..............................................................................34
Ethernet Port.......................................................................................................35
Power Connector ..................................................................................................36
Antennas ............................................................................................................37