Hi!
I recently sold some IAPs to a client and I'm in the process of installing them. I'm not a Wireless guru as I usualy do cable networking and servers. So excuse me for what might seems to be stupid questions but I'm doing the best I can since I'm able to get those AP and sell them to him.
Here's some infos on the setup:
-IAPs = 1x IAP-104, 3x IAP-105, 3x IAP-134 (More to come once we figure out what are the best for us)
-I got the AP-ANT-1B for the 104 and 134 IAPs
-They are all setup on a Virtual Controller
-They all have Static IP
-I have different name for all of them for easy recognison
-They all seems to communicate correctly with each others, I can all see them on the VC
-They are all connected to a 24 port PoE Switch 802.3at/af compliant with new Cat6 cable runs
-They are all indoors
-The highest ceiling is ~20 feet, most of them are at ~12 feet high. And they are all mounted horizontally on the ceiling and in an open space.
-They operate at 2.4ghz and 5ghz and I let them choose their channel. My client would prefer the 5ghz band though...
-Their power is between 18 to 22 Db
-There will only be about 20 clients at peak time for inventory purpose of his warehouse.
So here's my couple questions for you guys :
1- How can you improve the range of IAPs? I mean, my client have some cheap 60$ TP-Link wireless N router that has WAY more range than the IAP-104, IAP-105 and IAP-134 I sold him.
I'm standing right under the IAP-134 and my Nexus 4 phone doesn't event get 100% signal. I'm pretty sure it's a configuration issue...
I understand that I might need more in the future to fully cover his space, but right now I'm more concerned about them outperforming the cheap routers he have so the price is justifyed.
**I'm not sure about the External Antenna gain setting. I put 4 for the 2.4ghz and 6 for the 5ghz, is this OK ?
2- What's the maximum lenght of a network cable to fully power the IAP?
3- The VC tells me all my IAP get a -90DBm noise signal. Is that good ?
4- Should I manually set the channel on them and should they all use the same channel?
Again, sorry for my dumb questions but Wireless isn't my thing but I DO want to learn more about this because I'll probably get more needs for solutions like that in the future. I really hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance!