Cisco Systems GeneralGuidelines

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CiscoAironetAccessPointDeploymentGuide 
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Figure60:SiteSurveySensitivity,RSSI/SNRGuidelines,andSNR
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GeneralGuidelines
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Followingaregeneralguidelinesforallaccesspoints.
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 AlwaystrytomounttheAPasclosetotheusersaspossibleforbestperformance.Beawareof
theenvironment.Forexample,ifhospitalshavemetaldoors,coveragecanchangewhenthe
doorsclose.Oldbuildingscanhavemetalgridworkhiddenunderplasterorasbestos.Avoid
mountingtheAPorantennasnearmetalobjects,sincethatmayaffectthecoveragearea.
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 Whenusingthe2.4GHzfrequency,thesameone,six,andelevenchannelschemeisusedasin
the5GHzchannelscheme.(SeeFigure61.)AvoidputtingallAPsonthesamechannel,and
reusechannelsifpossible.SeeotherCiscodeploymentguidesformoreonthistopic.
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