Active Site Survey
what is an active site survey?
Active surveys focus on a specific signal or set of specific signals and produce an extensive list of measurements for each AP that generates a studied signal. These measurements include signal strength, throughput, round-trip time, packet loss and retransmission rate throughout the area where the signal is used. Active site surveys also measure upstream and downstream data rates and may result in moving an AP or adding or removing an unneeded AP. Active surveys should be performed when investigating performance problems.
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When to perform an active site survey
An active survey should be conducted post deployment while the network is in full effect. The main use of an Active survey is to troubleshoot Wifi connectivity issues and investigating poor performance problems.
How is an Active Site Survey performed?
A certified technician comes onsite and takes hundreds to thousands of wireless datapoints in the environment after the wireless network is in place to determine the actual signal strength, heat map, interference and any existing dead zones or problematic areas in your wireless infrastructure.
To ensure adequate signal coverage and performance, all types of businesses should conduct wireless surveys.
The goal of an
Active Site Survey
The goal of an active survey is to determine where to position and reposition active AP's, increasing network efficiency and security. An active site survey will troubleshoot and solve any Wi-fi connectivity issues in a network infrastructure, including upstream and downstream data rate measurements.
The importance of an active Wifi Site Survey
Active Site surveys ensure your APs are working as expected and measure network performance such as ping times and upload/download times, signal strength, throughput, round-trip time, packet loss and retransmission rate throughout the area where the signal is used. Active Site Surveys are also great methods of investigating performance problems.
