Recommended hardware installation on site

Next an electrician comes into play to install the access points in corridors and offices. If doing without a radio frequency site survey, APs should be mounted at a distance of 15-20 meters to each other: this rule usually results in a functional setup.

All APs should be connected to a PoE-capable switch over an Ethernet cable. Power supply via the Ethernet cable (PoE) avoids installation of a 230 V socket and considerably simplifies setup.

WLAN infrastruktur

The electrician should document the locations and MAC addresses of the devices so that names or locations can later be assigned to the devices during configuration.