Installation and Configuration Guide, (CQW-AP108AG)
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Planning Your Installation
This chapter provides guidelines on planning a wireless network. It includes example network
configurations and explains how to plan for coverage, capacity, security, and network management.
The chapter includes the following topics:
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Introduction
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Assessing Coverage and Capacity Requirements
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Assessing Security Needs and Architecture
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Planning Network Features
Introduction
Careful planning of a new wireless network can greatly enhance your ability to install, maintain,
manage, and expand the network. There are several dimensions to installation planning:
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Coverage and capacity requirements—Identify the numbers and types of access points to install
and determine optimal placement.
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Security needs—Choose a security architecture and features.
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Network management—Choose a method to manage the network and monitor its health.
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Network features—Determine VLAN assignment, user groups, services, and privileges.
If planned properly, a wireless network can be easily expanded and adjusted to changing conditions
and requirements while preserving effective security and enabling network-wide management
support.
Example Wireless Network Installation
Figure 3 shows the elements of a typical PLANEX wireless network. 108 Mbps Wireless Access
Points provide wireless connectivity to client stations (laptop or desktop computers) and connect in
turn to the existing wired network infrastructure and beyond to the Internet. Network size and
complexity may also dictate the need for an external RADIUS server for user authentication, as
well as installation of PLANEX Wireless LAN Network Management Software for enterprise
network management.
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