Wireless Access Points (WAP) Installation

We use advanced predictive survey tools and software to create a comprehensive initial report for your organization’s IT Infrastructure, analyzing your physical location and the digital environments you maintain. Your report accounts for coverage areas, building layouts, and floor plans including obstructive obstacles such as walls or heavy equipment. 

Predictive tools allow us to custom-tailor a wireless design that meets your organization’s specific needs with the hardware and licenses for wireless access points. Vortex’s IT Services guide you through equipment placement and acquisition ensuring full internet coverage where needed most. This process includes:

• Assessing your project’s unique requirements
• Integration planning for the new wireless LAN into your existing network
• Executing a radio frequency (RFID) test
• Strategic determination of Access Point placement to minimize interference
• Compilation of a detailed Wireless LAN Equipment list

Our expert cabling technicians conduct thorough site surveys to assess the cabling requirements for WAP implementation for your new office or existing LAN. This process involves:

• Identifying Main Distribution Frames (MDFs) and Intermediate Distribution Frames (IDFs)
• Mapping cable pathways to each Access Point position
• Planning cable runs and determining requisite cable mounting hardware
• Assessing material needs for a seamless cabling installation

During this phase, a dedicated Vortex cabling technician surveys your facility to comprehensively determine the cabling needs for the wireless implementation. You will also receive a comprehensive summary report containing your customized wireless plan tailored to your facilities with detailed information on:

• RF Coverage
• Link Speed
• User Capacity
• Channel Allocations
• Signal Spillage
• IT Security

Our strategic planning process accounts for factors such as: 

• Access Point locations
• Equipment recommendations

Upon project approval, Vortex can initiate hardware procurement and installation of the necessary equipment requirements for your job site. Our connections and established relationships with various vendors and distributors allow us competitive pricing for cables and hardware. 

You can trust our expert technicians to handle your project’s installation with great attention to detail. We implement two primary methods for installation including: 

1. Running Cables to Access Point Locations including mounting hardware and Ethernet cables to run in a neat arrangement and concealed placement whenever possible.
2. Installing Access Points and Head-end Equipment to ensure proper operating integration with your existing network by:
   • Install security enclosures
   • Verify radio channel, SSID, bit rate, and IP address configuration
   • Mount and connect antennas to Access Points
   • Antennas will be mounted and connected to Access Points
   • Backbone LAN connection to Access Points
   • Connect the power supply to Access Points
   • Configure firmware for peak performance
   • Firmware configuration will be optimized for peak performance.

Say goodbye, to the time-consuming of resolving wireless issues. What once took exhausting hours or days to correctly identify can now be corrected in a matter of time. Our root cause spectrum analysis software proactively identifies the causes of problems by collecting information from all Wi-Fi devices, correlating events for quick identification.  

Once your facilities are deployed with our wireless networking solutions, hardware, and equipment, we will diagnose and troubleshoot your problems using our full spectrum of analysis tools and software. Our comprehensive reports address extensive network usage with precision and efficiency by streamlining the identification and troubleshooting process.

Now companies with growing team members, numerous devices, and rising wireless issues can gather information from their existing infrastructure to uncover issues around connection interference, bandwidth bottlenecks, and device limitations without exhausting your internal IT department.