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Chapter 4
Performance Issues
Evaluating your area of planned operation
Since every operational environment is different, it is impossible for us to
tell you exactly what equipment you need and where you should put it to
achieve maximum performance from your RF System. However, since
access points are very inexpensive, you should be able to obtain whatever
coverage you need. In a typical warehouse, a terminal should be able to
achieve communication within about 150 feet of an access point. If you are
planning the wiring of a new installation, you will want to lay out your
access points so that there is overlap.
Below is a 300 ft. by 500 ft. warehouse area with access points positioned
to provide planned coverage over the entire area. You do a site test by
positioning one access point in each location and verifying that the
projected area of coverage is actually attained. (You don't have to be
connected to the network to do this site test; you only need to supply power
to the Access Point).
If you have difficulty somewhere in the area, as long as that area is in an
area of overlapped coverage that a different position of the Access Point
