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Cisco AP recommendation for a gymnasium environment
I scoping out a wireless AP proposal for a large school, and I'm looking for recommendations as to what type(s) of Cisco AP's (specific models and configuration - bands/internal vs. external antennas, etc.) would be appropriate for a gymnasium (large floor space and very high ceiling). Let's assume they would require as many as 50 associations at a time.
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Its a very touchy and hard question to answer.
At the end of the day, yes the height has some effect, as they are not in the "perfect" scenario. This is where you can use high gain antennas and physically 'slice' up the room with access points.
Ideally what I would recommend, is depending on the setup, trying to mount access points down lower. Such as under eves or something that way those access points would cover the edges and only leaving roof mounted access points as fail overs and load balancing.
To give you an idea, in the area that is 9.8m high, I have 4 - 5 access points (including ones around the edges) By memory this area is about 2300sqf. That network is for Voice and Data with redundancy.
If you want to be 100% on the high ceiling. Your best getting AirMagnet and doing a site servery. Im pretty sure you can hire airmagnet devices / Somone can come on site and do a servery for you. This will give you some accurate readings of potential signal loss/ noise / throughput levels etc
At the end of the day, yes the height has some effect, as they are not in the "perfect" scenario. This is where you can use high gain antennas and physically 'slice' up the room with access points.
Ideally what I would recommend, is depending on the setup, trying to mount access points down lower. Such as under eves or something that way those access points would cover the edges and only leaving roof mounted access points as fail overs and load balancing.
To give you an idea, in the area that is 9.8m high, I have 4 - 5 access points (including ones around the edges) By memory this area is about 2300sqf. That network is for Voice and Data with redundancy.
If you want to be 100% on the high ceiling. Your best getting AirMagnet and doing a site servery. Im pretty sure you can hire airmagnet devices / Somone can come on site and do a servery for you. This will give you some accurate readings of potential signal loss/ noise / throughput levels etc
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Very good - thank you for your help!
No worries, I hope it helped you out
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Do you know what kind of density is appropriate for this AP's? Is it similar to the 2,500 sf/AP (for voice coverage) and 5,000 sf/AP (data only) recommendations? Also, I'm curious if the height becomes an issue here - with 10-15m ceilings (compared to the typical 10-foot office ceiling), and the resulting lack of reflection, etc., would density need to be higher than normal in the gym?
Thanks again!