Hi,
Hoping someone can point me in a direction to solve either a design/configuration problem.
Running into an issue in which a client/host is connecting to an AP either 1 floor up, or down in a dormitory. Building has 4 floors, concrete floors, block walls with plaster. Each floor is approximately 120 feet long, and we have 2 AP's placed on each floor with 50 feet of space between them. With ARM turned on, the 3rd floor AP's are de-powering to 12dBm, while the AP's on the 4th and 2nd floor are at 22.5dBm. This is causing the client in the middle of the 3rd floor to connect to the 2nd or 4th floor because it sees a better signal. The second floor AP's are using channel 6, while the 3rd and 4th are alternating between 1 and 11. We do have client aware turned on in the ARM profile and the Min Tx EIRP set at 12.
The client machine is actually connecting to the network, but it is slow, speed tests come back at .94mbs, whereas in other buildings like our library we get regular speeds of up to 20mbs.
Wondering if increasing the min tx eirp to 18, or placing another AP on the 3rd floor would alleviate the issues or perhaps something else I'm not thinking of. If anyone can provide some advice I'd be most grateful.