The period required to conduct a Wireless Health Assessment varies, depending on the size and complexity of your network, and takes into account some or all of the assessment items below. Please note that we are flexible with what items you require us to assess, and in consultation with you, we can custom design a Wireless Health Assessment which meets your organisation's specific requirements.

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Overview of our Wireless Health Assessment:

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1. Coverage Assessment

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We thoroughly examine your wireless coverage:

 

• Perform Ekahau site surveying if necessary

• Perform roaming testing and evaluate optimal roaming thresholds

• Perform spectrum analysis to report on levels of RF interference present

• Assess capacity requirements and high-density design considerations

• Assess application use

• Perform throughput testing, including 802.11a/g/n/ac speed testing where applicable

• Perform additional custom-designed assessments based on your requirements (i.e. coverage assessment for future voice over wireless, CMX/RTLS, BYOD, high-density, Flexible Radio Assignment, etc)

 

2. Infrastructure Assessment

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We thoroughly examine your existing infrastructure:

 

• Switching infrastructure and port settings

• Product lifecycle status

• Firmware lifecycle status

• Power / PoE infrastructure

• Existing access point deployment architecture

• Access point / architecture Scalability

• Redundancy design

• Access point placement

• Antenna selection and placement

• Compliance with NEMA and IP ratings for outdoor and harsh environments

• Best practice configuration (2.4/5 GHz Radio Specific Settings, CleanAir, RRM, DCA etc.)

 

3. Security Assessment

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We thoroughly examine your wireless security policies, infrastructure and configurations:

 

• Existing security policies and settings (Authentication and Encryption)

• Encryption and authentication policies for guests versus corporate users

• Wireless IPS mechanisms

• Rogue AP detection capabilities and effectiveness

• Guest access policy and existing architecture review

• Best practice security configurations

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4. Management Assessment

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We thoroughly examine your wireless network management setup:

 

• Centralised access point management

• RF management and reporting (Cisco Prime, CMX)

• Capacity management and reporting

• Client management and reporting

• AAA management - TACACS+ etc

• Proactive alert management, logging and email notification

 

5. Optimisation Assessment

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We thoroughly examine your wireless network to ensure it is optimised for your requirements:

 

• RF coverage optimisation

• RF capacity optimisation

• Wireless LAN controller optimisation

• RF performance tuning

• CleanAir reporting (if applicable)

• 802.11a/g/n/ac Radio Specific Settings

• Additional best practice configuration

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Get in touch with us to obtain more information about our customised wireless health assessments.