Networking

What is a Wireless Assessment ?

One of the services offered here at ExterNetworks is a wireless assessment service. It’s a valuable way to improve the IT infrastructure of your business and benefit from improved performance.

A wireless assessment is designed to review your current wireless setup and determine how its performance is affected by different factors, including environmental, architectural, and configuration. Reviewing your wireless installation can help to identify areas of improvement and ensure your organization has the best setup for the demands of the devices and applications being used.

Why Do You Need a Wireless Assessment?

A wireless assessment takes a look at the whole wireless system and how all of the different parts work together. This ensures that you get a comprehensive view of how everything in the system is connected, as well as how individual components affect the overall performance.

When you choose to have a wireless assessment carried out, you benefit from identifying whether any components or configurations are having an impact on the system’s performance. The assessment aims not just to uncover any issues but also to determine what steps may be required to fix problems and make improvements.

What’s Involved in the Wireless Assessment Service?

A wireless assessment service can involve a number of steps that help to give an overall view of the system configuration. The RF coverage, capacity, and access points are assessed and the environment is surveyed to identify anything that might affect performance.

The assessment involves looking at the installation of the system, including how access points and antennas are mounted to determine how their positioning influences performance. Cabling is also inspected and your switching infrastructure is assessed. The wireless assessment includes taking a look at the WLAN design and configuration, such as channel arrangement and power settings, to examine the elements that affect system performance. Integrated components and network support services are also included in the assessment.

What Can You Expect from Wireless Assessment Service?

When you arrange a wireless assessment service with ExterNetworks, an engineer will start by collecting information about your current system, working with you to determine the state of your existing setup. This will be followed by a site visit, which provides the engineer with an opportunity to see your wireless system configuration in person. They will look at the access points to take note of how they are installed, as well as access switch closets so that they can verify both the connectivity and termination of AP connections. Additionally, the engineer will look at the WLAN system to check the configuration.

Using analysis software, the wireless assessments engineer will assess the performance of the system and determine areas where improvements could be made. An RF site survey can also be carried out to examine the RF coverage that the system receives, although it’s not always an essential part of the wireless assessment service.

What Do You Get Out of the Wireless Assessment?

A wireless assessments aims to help your organization make improvements to your wireless infrastructure and its performance. When the wireless assessment has been carried out, you will receive a report delivering information about the assessment and any issues that have been identified. The report will detail any findings that need to be addressed, which have been identified by the assessment engineer. You will receive a list noting each concern individually. The report will also include recommendations on how to address the concerns that have been identified. You will be able to understand what changes are recommended and why, and how they will help to improve performance.

When you have a wireless assessment carried out, at the end of it you will have clear information about any performance issues and how they can be fixed to deliver better performance from your wireless system.

How ExterNetworks Helps Your Business with Wireless Assessments

ExterNetworks is a managed IT services provider offering wireless assessments to help you get more from your wireless system. Our wireless assessments will not only survey your current wireless system and identify potential performance issues but also provide recommendations for how to make improvements. We use the latest industry tools and techniques to carry out wireless assessments and ensure your site has the best wireless system possible.

Find out more about how our wireless assessment services can help you to improve your wireless system by getting in touch with us at ExterNetworks. You can send us a message via the website or get in touch by phone to discuss your needs.