Site Survey Question

[Jim_Seaman]

I'd like to do my own site survey. I have a device that reads the db signal. However, I don't want to plug and unplug an Enterasys AP to transmit signal all over the site. Any suggestions for a transmitter for this type of scenario?

[Jon_Linton]

Hi Jim Good for you I always encourage engineers to do their own surveys it is your network after all. We do all our surveys and it pays off. For big jobs we use the Terrawave type of PoE injectors. They have a sealed lead acid battery powering a PoE injector. If you are doing a lot of surveying this is a necessity. If you are thinking of making your own, buy an 802.3af compliant PoE injector. On the AP side use an autonomous (fat) AP like the 3630/3640. I don't believe there is an explicit autonomous AP for the 3700 simply click convert to autonomous mode in access approval. I could be wrong on this as we have not migrated over to the 3700 series for our survey kit yet. Good luck on the surveying, it is an artful science.

[hsachse]

Hey Jim, just tried out to convert an AP3715i, but it isn't supported (see screenshot follow-up posting).

[Tamera_Rousseau]

Hi Jim and Hartmut. This is some great information you are sharing! I know we have a few other customers that have faced this challenge with conducting a site survey. Looking forward to hearing some suggestions from the rest of the group.

[hsachse]

Hello Jim, you have to create a VNS which use a topology bridged@AP and configure the wireless service with privacy = none to create an open SSID. Per default the a ssid broadcasting is enabled. But you can check these setting in the advanced setting dialog of the wireless service:

[hsachse]

Sounds like you also enaled the option called something like "suppress ssid". This would disable sending the ssid name in the beacon. Tomorrow I could provide you a screenshot with the right settings as example.