Wi-Fi for office
In the modern world, the presence of high-quality WiFi in the office not only optimizes employee work processes but also serves as an important indicator of the company's attitude toward guests and visitors, forming additional image highlights in the market.
Creating a reliable corporate network capable of functioning smoothly over a long period requires a professional approach and deep technical knowledge.
Creating a wireless network using the "by eye" method with SOHO equipment may well work for a small office, but will inevitably lead to problems with radio coverage quality and data transfer speeds in large offices with a high density of users.
ENTRUST THE ORGANIZATION OF WI-FI IN YOUR OFFICE TO THE LWCOM TEAM AND GET A WIRELESS NETWORK WITH PREDICTABLE RADIO COVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS AND DATA TRANSFER SPEEDS
Tasks of a wireless network in the office
Wi-Fi in a modern office performs many critical functions that directly affect the team's efficiency.
Let's look at the main tasks solved by a high-quality organized Wi-Fi infrastructure:
- Employee mobility – The network allows moving freely around the office with a laptop or tablet, working in meeting rooms. Employees are "untethered" from outlets and can perform their duties outside the workplace without losing efficiency.
- Optimization of work processes – WiFi provides employees with fast access to corporate resources and databases, allows for video conferencing without delays or failures, instant file sharing, and access to corporate services and applications with traffic control.
- Client service – Providing guest network access to visitors and clients opens up opportunities for them to conduct presentations, transmit and receive necessary data, and use office infrastructure in a limited way.
- Integration with infrastructure – Wi-Fi makes it possible to work remotely with the company's wired IT infrastructure, interact with corporate servers and office equipment using various types of devices, from laptops to smartphones.
- Scalability – Simple and simultaneously fast connection of new devices and access points in the future will allow avoiding high costs for increasing the network, its maintenance, and administration.
WiFi is not just a technical detail of the office, but an important tool that helps the company and increases its efficiency, creating a comfortable environment for both employees and clients.
Stages of organizing Wi-Fi in the office
- Defining the purpose and client requirements for the Wi-Fi service: corporate access, guest Wi-Fi, support for IoT devices, etc.
- Preliminary assessment of the facility based on floor plans, taking into account areas, number of floors, location of walls and partitions
- Assessment of the number of users and devices, types of traffic used, main travel routes of personnel
- Creating a predictive model of the wireless coverage network
- Formation of preliminary specification of equipment, works, and materials
- Conducting a radio frequency survey of the office space using previously selected access points to verify the predictive network model
- Making corrections and refinements to the initial network architecture based on actual measurements
- Development, formalization, and release of technical documentation with a detailed description of all Wi-Fi network components and their configuration
- Delivery of the equipment set to the customer's site
- Laying the necessary cable infrastructure
- Mounting access points in locations in strict accordance with the project documentation
- Configuration of the wireless network management controller
- Integration of the new wireless network with the customer's existing systems: access to LAN resources, configuration of corporate authorization and authentication rules
- Conducting a post-project radio survey to assess radio coverage quality, speed, and signal stability in different areas of the office
- Handing over the wireless network for operation to the customer
- Comprehensive consulting of the customer's IT specialists, as well as support in terms of interaction with the technical support of equipment manufacturers
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Expert-level toolkit
For designing wireless networks, our engineers use professional software — Ekahau Site Survey Pro in the latest edition
This tool allows creating predictive Wi-Fi coverage models with high detail: building signal maps, calculating its propagation level, and accurately determining the required number of access points.
High accuracy and speed of measurements are provided by the Ekahau Sidekick spectrum analyzer — a device capable of simultaneously scanning both Wi-Fi frequency bands (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) in real time.
When conducting an audit, Sidekick records not only signals from Wi-Fi devices but also other radiations present in the air, allowing to get a complete picture of the radio environment and identify sources of interference.
For safe and efficient measurements, modern technological equipment is used, including pneumatic masts with heights: from 3–4 meters for office spaces to 9–12 meters for warehouses, recreation areas, exhibition and logistics complexes.
Such equipment provides reliable mounting of devices, precise antenna adjustment, and lifting equipment to the required height without stopping production processes and minimizing risks to personnel.
The availability of a wide selection of access points and antennas from leading global brands (Cisco, Ruckus, Huawei, Aruba, Extreme Networks, and others) in the LWCOM demo fund makes it possible to check the correctness of preliminary equipment selection and its configuration parameters directly on the real site.
Cost of organizing a Wi-Fi network for an office
The final cost of the service is calculated individually and depends on: the type of facility, its area, and the customer's requirements
Advantages of working with us
Why LWCOM
- In the wireless services team, all employees have specialized radio engineering education
and a continuous work experience in the field of Wi-Fi networks for more than 10 years - The LWCOM project portfolio includes dozens of implemented projects for organizing wireless WiFi networks for offices of various scales: from a small premises to multi-story business centers
- LWCOM is a vendor-independent system integrator, which allows the company to focus on the customer's tasks and offer optimal solutions
