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Netspot wifi site survey3/10/2024 In the 5 GHz band there are a lot more non-overlapping channels. Your only real choice is to use channel 11 and know that performance will not be optimal for that client. Your site survey also shows that channels 1 and 6 are slammed with APs with a transmission strength of -40dBm to -50dBm. Sometimes you will have to make a compromise.įor example you have a client that only does 802.11bg, the AP's clearest channel is 11, and the area that client lives at has a foreign AP that your site survey shows a reception level of -64dBm to -69dBm on channel 11. There is not enough frequency in the band to actually use it, the one exception to this is if you live way out in the sticks and measure your neighbor's distance from your location by the amount of time it takes to drive to their place. Stay away from using a 40 MHz channel in the 2.4 band. Pick the one with the least amount of "noise" at both the AP and the client’s areas. In the 2.4 GHz band there are only three non-overlapping 20 MHz channels 1, 6, 11. When you do your site survey make sure you MOVE TO OTHER ROOMS! If your AP is dead center of your building it will be shielded by the walls and may see channel 6 clear, yet the room where you have a client installed is on the outside wall and can see 4 other APs all blasting away on channel 6. On the AP itself: In your controller go to Devices click on the AP you want to run an RF scan on, find the "RF ENVIRONMENT" section in the AP "Properties" pages, and click "scan". You can use the Airport Scanner tool to find Wifi networks but you will not get the same detailed information as the other devices. In iOS 11 Apple won't even let apps have access to the MAC Addresses in the ARP table. IOS: Unfortunately Apple hides the wifi chip behind the API and does not let apps have much in the way of data from the chip. PC: Acrylic WiFi Home or the aforementioned NetSpot FreeĪndroid: UBNT’s own Usurvey or WiFiAnalyzer (open source) Mac: use the built in Wireless Diagnostic or NetSpot Free To do this you will need to complete a "WiFi Site Survey" this guide is an attempt to get you started down the path, it is written from the view of a user in the FCC regulatory domain, some of the channels will be different if you are not using FCC approved equipment. In order to configure your APs for maximum performance you will have to know what your "RF Environment" is.
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