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CiscoAironetAccessPointDeploymentGuide 

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Figure60:SiteSurveySensitivity,RSSI/S NR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 Fig ure 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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