Designing Reliable Networks

This entire book is about reliable wireless network design. This section reviews the most important wireless network design principles and provides some additional design techniques for you. The goal of successful network design is a stable, noise-resistant architecture that is easy to maintain and expand.

Selecting Low-Noise AP Locations

One of the most crucial decisions that affects your ability to deliver reliable throughput is your selection of low-noise locations for your APs. Please review the section “Access Point Vulnerability to Noise” in Chapter 4, “Performing Site Surveys,” for the finer details.

Selecting low-noise AP locations requires more than just performing wireless site surveys. It is also important ...

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