Extreme APs and Power Settings and Site Survey

[RobertD1]

Hello,

If a site survey is carried out prior to installation of Extreme APs, should the power be set to match the radio used for the survey? So, if WiFi0 was used to check 2.4GHz band and had power level 7 dbM should the Extreme APs be configured to use the same power level? The survey identified the quantity of APs to install in each location (a warehouse). Or can they be left as Auto power?

Also, how do you create heat maps for a warehouse where the APs are installed at different heights? There is no floor plan either so effectively all APs are in the same place as far as XIQ is concerned so heat maps will not work I presume in this case.

Thanks,

Rob

[RobertD1]

2.4GHz is where the critical devices are (old scanners).

[Bartek]

For 2.4 GHz you have three nonoverlapping channels (typically 1, 6 and 11 are used). CCI is pretty much inevitable in 2.4 GHz so try to minimalize it by using in your production network a dedicated 2.4 GHz SSID for those old scanners and 5 GHz for newer devices to keep as low 2.4 GHz wireless clients amount as possible.