![]() For example, a PoE+ enabled WAP can draw up to 30 watts of power, and depending on antenna gain can put out a much stronger EIRP than a client device can (imagine a laptop dedicating 30 watts for just its wireless NIC!).Īs far as wireless design goes, you have much, much more to think about than signal strength/RSSI though. So, generally speaking, your clients are showing a stronger RSSI because AP radios are generally stronger than client radios rarely if ever are they equally powerful. You’ve helped straighten this topic out in my head and I’m going to be pursuing the CWNA for a deeper dive (along with possibly some vendor training if proper site survey equipment is in the budget for next year). I know there’s more to consider than just signal strength with this question, I’m just trying to scope my thoughts as precisely as possible but also give you all the relevant details about why had an end user walking around with a WiFi analyzer app in the first place.ĮDIT: thank you everybody for the support and recommendations. What is the significance here as it relates to how I should be interpreting the data? Does the signal strength on the controller side “not matter at all” as long as the client side RSSI is decent (-67dbm)? In my research, I’ve learned that true passive site surveys go off of the client side RSSI value. The controller/AP showed a client signal strength of -70dbm While gathering data remotely with an end user (I tried to do a basic passive site survey with a basic WiFi analyzer app), I noticed there was a disparity between the signal strength values from the client perspective and the AP perspective. However, I was not surprised when I checked it out remotely (2 access points L shaped office ~8500 square feet obviously huge 5GHz coverage abysses). Due to budget constraints, we don’t have the travel funds to send me onsite. Long story short: the previous guy planned wireless networks by pointing at the ceiling and saying “Gee, that looks like a good spot!” They also didn’t consider the range differences between 2.4 and 5 GHz.Īs of last week I was baptized in as the new “wireless guy” for my company with a complaint about a remote offices WiFi quality. ![]()
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