Re: Wireless for a grocery store
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Posted by D. Stussy on September 18, 2008, 1:30 am
Please log in for more thread options Are you certain that one AP, placed on the inside corner of the L but in sight of both wings, won't cover both adequately? | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dagwood Bumstead on September 18, 2008, 9:28 am
Please log in for more thread options No, but it seems unlikely to me... I'm not real familiar with signal capabilities, but to go 250' through food aisles? On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:30:43 -0700, "D. Stussy" >> I have an L shaped grocery store with legs about 180' and 250' long,
>> and about 75' wide. Wanting to have wireless blanket the entire store, >> no matter where you are. >> >> I assume that spreading out multiple consumer type WAPs (like Linksys, >> say) wouldn't work for what I want. What happens if standard WAPs >> overlap their coverage? Can you get automatically passed off from one >> to the other? >
>Are you certain that one AP, placed on the inside corner of the L but in >sight of both wings, won't cover both adequately? > | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Kim Clay on September 18, 2008, 2:10 pm
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>On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:30:43 -0700, "D. Stussy"
> >>> I have an L shaped grocery store with legs about 180' and 250' long,
>>> and about 75' wide. Wanting to have wireless blanket the entire store, >>> no matter where you are. >>> >>> I assume that spreading out multiple consumer type WAPs (like Linksys, >>> say) wouldn't work for what I want. What happens if standard WAPs >>> overlap their coverage? Can you get automatically passed off from one >>> to the other? >>
>>Are you certain that one AP, placed on the inside corner of the L but in >>sight of both wings, won't cover both adequately? >> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:28:37 -0400, Dagwood Bumstead >No, but it seems unlikely to me... I'm not real familiar with signal
>capabilities, but to go 250' through food aisles? If the width of each leg of the "L" shape layout is 75' then mounting a single AP at the "inside corner" of the "L" implies that the distance to the end of each leg of the store has been decreased by 75' making the maximum distance the AP needs to cover either (180-75) 105' or (250-75) 175'. Actually the Max. distance would be ~190' to the far corner of the longer leg. Mount it as high as you can at the inside corner of the "L" & maybe 18-24" from the walls or ceiling if possible & see what it does. Make sure it has a clear "sight" down both legs of the interior spaces. Its a cheap & easy test & you can get an idea how well the signal gets down into the aisles. If you have very low ceilings it may not work well. kc | ||||||||||||||||
> and about 75' wide. Wanting to have wireless blanket the entire store,
> no matter where you are.
>
> I assume that spreading out multiple consumer type WAPs (like Linksys,
> say) wouldn't work for what I want. What happens if standard WAPs
> overlap their coverage? Can you get automatically passed off from one
> to the other?