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Remove the guesswork and get an accurate picture of your wireless network with a professional WiFi survey conducted by one of our certified engineers. Improve WiFi coverage and gain robust, reliable wireless connectivity.
What is a WiFi Survey?
Productivity, efficiency and automation all rely on agile, fast and reliable WiFi and a professional WiFi survey is the critical first step to any wireless project.
Whether you work in a hospital, hotel, school, warehouse or office environment, reliable WiFi with 'wired like' performance is essential. Our Professional WiFi site surveys, conducted by our wireless experts will give you an accurate picture of your wireless network and forms the foundation for informed decisions on design, planning and troubleshooting.
Our WiFi surveys build an accurate picture of how your WiFi performs in different areas. Our engineers will assess signal strength, interference, and coverage to identify areas where the network may be underperforming.
A LANLINX WiFi site survey is conducted by our Wireless Network Professionals using diagnostic tools to identify issues such as dead spots in large environments like warehouses, WiFi interference from other networks in multi-story buildings and drop-outs in high-density areas.
Want to find out if your network has any performance issues? Or planning a new network? Contact us today at (314) 827-5350.
Why is a WiFi Survey Essential for Your Organization?
At LANLINX, we use WiFi surveys to assess your current network performance, analyze the radio frequency environment, identify dead zones, and pinpoint interference issues. We use diagnostic software to analyze your data and improve your wireless performance with detailed, expert-led processes.
Without a thorough WiFi site surveys, it's impossible to validate a network design, troubleshoot ongoing issues, or propose a new wireless network confidently.
We provide three types of wireless site surveys - Passive, Active and Pre-Development (AP-on-a-Stick) tailored to your organization's needs.
Get an Accurate Picture of your Network with a WiFi Survey
Active WiFi Surveys
An Active WiFi Survey involves our wireless experts connecting to your wireless network to gather live data and measure how your WiFi performs under real-world conditions and provide real performance insights from a user perspective .
This survey is ideal when validating a newly installed network.
Passive WiFi Surveys
A Passive WiFi Survey is an integral part of the wireless design process. Our wireless experts walk your site and assess the RF environment to identify coverage, noise and interference issues, without actively connecting to your network.
This survey is ideal when troubleshooting performance issues.
Pre-Development
A Pre-Development Survey tests access point placement and performance before full deployment. It involves temporarily mounting an AP on a tripod in planned locations and measuring how its signal propagates in the real environment.
This survey is ideal before installing a new wireless network.
Our WiFi Survey Process
LANLINX takes a comprehensive, three-step approach to WiFi surveys, starting with a wireless site survey to analyze the radio frequency environment and strategically plan the placement of access points to ensure optimal wireless coverage.
1
Site Assessment
Our engineers conduct an in-depth site visit, using industry-leading tools like Ekahau to measure signal strength, identify dead zones, and map out interference.
2
Analysis & Design
Based on the site assessment, we provide a custom WiFi site survey report that outlines any issues and offers recommendations for optimisation. This includes designing a network tailored to your needs.
3
Implementation
Following the survey, we can implement the optimised design. Our installation services include the set up of your hardware and configuration of the new wireless network. Each device will be tested and full report will be provided.
4
Post Support
When Should You Book a WiFi Survey?
A comprehensive WiFi survey can be booked at any time, but may need particular consideration during certain scenarios:
Setting up new WiFi networks often requires a survey to identify weak spots and optimize the setup for reliable signal strength.
Site expansions
If your wireless network needs to cover a larger area as part of an expansion, a WiFi survey can help to uncover potential dead spots and help to plan where your access points should be to ensure complete coverage.
Software & hardware updates
Ensure your WiFi network can handle increased bandwidth as your business or school upgrades any software and hardware.
Having performance troubles
If you’ve noticed a drop in your connectivity performance, a WiFi survey can help highlight trouble spots so you know what needs to be done to resolve problems.
Growth phases
Adding more capacity and devices to your existing WiFi network can put on a strain on your existing infrastructure. Identify areas for improvement to ensure ongoing performance.
Not Quite Ready to commit to a New WiFi or a Wireless Site Survey? Start with a FREE AP Estimate or WiFi Health Check.
Let us estimate the number of WiFi access points you need or get our expert insights into your existing WiFi performance - fast, free, and with no obligation.
What You'll Get in Your Free WiFi Assessment
A health check of your WiFi performance
Identification of potential configuration issues
Expert recommendations from our WiFi engineer
An estimate of the number of WiFi APs needed for full coverage
Confidence before investing in a full site survey
Wireless Site Survey / Testing
WiFi Site Survey Analysis
AirMagnet® Survey PRO software simplifies WiFi design and site survey analysis. It helps network professionals predictively model changes to WiFi networks, or design new networks for optimal coverage and performance.
Generates heatmaps that provide full visibility of WLAN coverage, noise, SNR, interference, throughput, data rates, retries, loss, Voice-over-Wi-Fi MOS, and more on the 2.4GHz, 5GHz or 6GHz bands.
Streamlines outdoor wireless surveys by automatically collecting data using a NMEA-compliant GPS device.
Allows us to set wireless network design or application requirements, such as signal coverage, throughput, PHY data rates, 802.11 specific parameters, and more, to automatically identify any problem areas.
Key Features
Model WiFi network changes or design a new network without setting up APs.
Measure how well the WiFi network works in real life.
Create heatmaps that show full WLAN coverage, noise, SNR, interference, throughput, data rates, retries, loss, and more on the 2.4/5/6 GHz bands.
Save time by performing both active and passive surveys in a single walk-through or use up to two WiFi radios to scan multiple channels or bands at the same time.
Use customizable templates to create professional reports in different formats.
WiFi Design and Site Survey Analysis Software
AirMagnet Survey PRO allows us to predictively model WiFi network changes or design a new network for optimal coverage, connectivity, and performance. It also allows you to simulate changes to an existing network, compare a design versus a survey side-by-side, automatically validate requirements, or generate custom reports.
Survey
We have the option to perform Active, Passive, iPerf, or VoFi surveys on the 2.4/5/6 GHz bands. Can be used for Pre-Site, Post-Site, or AP-on-a-Stick (APoS) surveys.
Benefits: Quickly and easily validate network performance and connectivity. Identify problems with interference, roaming, throughput, retries, and lots more.
Multiple Surveys on a Single Walkthrough
Allows for Active and Passive surveys to be performed on the same walkthrough, thus providing visibility on network performance and WiFi interference sources.
Benefits: Gain full visibility of the RF environment and save time by performing multiple site surveys in parallel, or by scanning multiple bands at the same time.
Display
Provides the option to visualize AirMapper data collected with an AirCheck G3 or EtherScope nXG (or a WiFi adapter), plus allows us to select which heatmap you want to analyze.
Benefits: Gain full visibility of the WiFi network by reviewing heatmaps for Signal Coverage, Interference, Data Rates, Retry Rates, and more.
MultiView
Perform a survey using AirMapper on an AirCheck G3 or EtherScope nXG (or a WiFi adapter) on multiple floors and see how the signal of an AP on one floor can propagate to others.
Benefits: Quickly and easily gain visibility on how the WiFi network signal is propagating throughout your entire building.
Select an Access Point
Select a single AP to see how its signal propagates throughout the building.
Benefits: Allows us to quickly identify problems with co-channel or adjacent channel interference caused by access points on other floors.
DiffView
Allows us to compare a design versus a survey side-by-side and highlights the differences between them.
Benefits: Simplify the process of comparing a predictive design against a survey, or a Pre-Survey to a Post-Survey. No need to spend time manually comparing heatmaps.
AirWISE
Automatically validates network compliance using customizable thresholds.
Benefits: Quickly and easily validate that your WiFi network complies with your requirements. No need to spend hours analyzing heatmaps.
Identify Problem Areas
Automatically compares your survey or plan to your requirements and highlights areas of the floor plan that don’t comply.
Benefits: Simplifies the process of identifying problem areas, saving you the time it takes to manually analyze each heatmap. It also provides recommended courses of action, thus improving time to resolution.
Reports
Generates different types of reports. Provides the option to use existing templates or custom reports.
Benefits: Quickly generate reports as required while having the option to easily create custom reports. Simplify the process of generating Bill of Material Reports, Planner Reports, Active Survey reports, Passive Survey reports, and more.
WiFi Site Survey Analysis
Get the most out of your WiFi network with AirMagnet Survey PRO. This powerful solution allows us to accurately measure and assess true end-user experience. Using Survey PRO we can optimize your network for maximum performance.
Take Your WiFi Network to the Next Level
AirMagnet Survey PRO goes beyond just checking RF coverage. It provides a detailed analysis of network performance, considering factors like throughput, PHY data rates, and environmental conditions. We can easily identify and address issues that may impact network speeds, such as interference and legacy devices.
With a comprehensive “heat map” of critical RF and end-user performance metrics on the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands, we can accurately predict and model network improvements. By avoiding end-user network complaints, you can save valuable time and money.
"Real-world" Survey Data and "What-If" Scenarios
With the Survey PRO, we can gather location-based WiFi measurements and create visual heat maps of key performance metrics in AirMagnet Survey PRO. It’s quick, easy, and perfect for site surveys of new deployments, change validation, and performance verification.
Experience faster and simpler WiFi site surveys on a fully mobile platform.
Collaborate effortlessly by visualizing and sharing survey data through AirMagnet Survey Pro.
Simultaneous wireless site surveying capability offers a solution to emulate real-world client behavior, significantly reducing surveying time, effort, and costs.
Exploring “What-If” Scenarios
With AirMagnet Survey PRO, we can explore “what-if” scenarios to simulate a variety of changes to your WiFi network. From adjusting AP settings to previewing the impacts of environmental noise, you have complete control. We can even test the effect of adding additional APs by moving them to new locations.
Take your WiFi surveying to the next level and get accurate insights faster than ever before.
Outdoor WiFi Site Surveys
Survey PRO has the power of GPS integration and Google Earth compatibility. Our software streamlines outdoor wireless surveys by automatically collecting data using an NMEA-compliant GPS device. Analyze results in our user-friendly interface or export into Google Earth for a detailed street view.
WLAN Modeling
AirMagnet Survey PRO makes it easy to build a detailed model of any wireless environment – even before the network is deployed or the building is constructed. Simply load in a map of the location and use the built-in library of walls, doors and windows to precisely match the building’s characteristics.
AirMagnet Survey PRO allows users to add APs to any location and experiment to find the ideal placement for the environment based on their requirements. AirMagnet Survey PRO also provides independent settings for 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz radios. Users can set the AP channel, IP address, transmit power, antenna type, orientation, height, and 802.11 specifications. When the planning session is complete, users can generate a professional report with all the information that is needed to properly install the network. Along with RF coverage information, users can access performance metrics such as data rates and throughput.
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