Standards 802.11 "A," "B," "G" and "N" Essay

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Standards 802.11 "a," "b," "g" and "n" allow different applications to be deployed as mobility services. Based on the readings what might be the steps to setup a wireless network.

Steps to establishing a wireless network

The steps to setting up a wireless network are the following:

Scaling the area

Scale the area that you want wireless network set up in so that you can have an initial idea of layout. Meraki's WiFi Stumbler is a tool that can help person assess neighboring wireless networks; their channels; names and intensity of strengths in your area. Based on this information, you can design your own access point placement.

Assess how many users will be employing / sharing the network. More than 20 users can make this problematic

Determine the minimum throughput that you would like to have

802.11 a/g offers up to 54 Mbps while 802.11n can attain an approximate 600 Mbp. Data rates will hinge on conditions in the airwaves, and balancing these with amount and frequency of users can be a challenging calculation. Also considers what users may be doing on the Internet. Simple Internet browsing and e-mail using for instance is light, but You Tube carries a frequency of 500 Kbps and this can become heavy.
Map out the size of the area so that wireless signals are not impeded by any obstacle, such as construction materials.

The amount of transmission you should be receiving should be above 70 dBm. Consideration to privacy of neighbors should be another factor. Also channels should not overlap or interfere with those that neighbors are using, nor should there be noisy appliances in the area such as 2.4 or 5 Mhz phones, microwave ovens, or other radiating appliances.

5. Figure out where to place access point placements.

Putting them higher up gives you more coverage. You also need to check out the kind of cable that you have and need. You may need a certain category and you will certainly need plenum rated cable. Local codes need to be consulted before stringing cable.

Alot of thought goes into selecting and planning a network wireless router since it needs to cater to all the network access points and routers as well as the network of wireless interface cards (NICs) for computers and for other network resources.

The main wireless standards that people use today are….....

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