Ekahau Site Survey - Passive Survey in Bolton, Ontario, Canada

A Passive wireless survey was completed with the help of an Ekahau Site Survey and Ekahau Sidekick in Bolton, Ontario for a reputable client. The indoor area of the warehouse/plant was found to have had good wireless signal coverage. The outdoor area had no to little coverage.

A trial deployment of AP on the Stick (APoS) featuring Cisco 3802i/3802e units with external antennas was conducted in the office, warehouse, and outdoor areas. Subsequently, a new network design was formulated and a comprehensive recommendation was delivered to the client through a detailed report. 

A wireless site survey was conducted using Ekahau Site Survey Pro and Ekahau Sidekick. The details of the surveys are below.

Site type: Warehouse / Office / Outdoors Area

Area: 468,617 sq ft

Maximum height: 32 ft

Survey type: Post Wireless Survey / Pre-Survey APoS / Predictive

Coverage: 2.4 GHz and 5GHz

AP used for APoS: Cisco 3802i and 3802e during the survey and existing Access Points were Meraki MR34, MR74

Antenna: Omni Directional and Sector 6

  5 GHz and  2.4 GHz
Signal Strength -65 dBm
Secondary signal strength  -75 dBm
Signal-to-noise ratio  25 dB
Data rate 12 Mbps

SNR on 5GHz:

The images below is showing the SNR in 5 GHz for Warehouse. There are 20 Access points to cover the whole area. The SNR for the project was set to be 25 dB or above according to the client’s requirement.

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Access Points (APs) Placement Map:

Pink color APs are existing APs and other is recommended APs. 

rs=w1280-Jun-25-2024-06-00-05-7427-PM           Access Points location in Outdoor area

Signal Strength Map - Indoor:

The image below is also a signal strength map of the warehouse for 5GHz (below).

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                       Wireless Signal Strength Map 5 GHz Indoor

Signal Strength Map - Outdoor:

The image below is also signal strength map of the outdoors area for 5 GHz (below).

rs=w1280-Jun-25-2024-06-03-21-2105-PM       Wireless Signal Strength Map 5 GHz Outdoor

AP on the Stick (APoS) - Outdoor:

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         AP on the Stick (APoS) - Outdoor

AP on the Stick (APoS) - Indoor:

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                               AP on the Stick (APoS) - Indoor                            

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