Business wifi: measure first, then mount.
Poor wifi is rarely a question of too little signal. Usually one box is hanging in the wrong place.
Short answer
Business wifi is a wireless network with several access points that work together, so you stay connected as you walk through the building, with separate networks for staff, guests and devices. Jevana first measures where coverage and capacity are needed, places the access points and then manages them centrally. Existing equipment, such as a Ubiquiti UniFi network, we also take over.
How we install wifi
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Measure
We walk the building with measuring equipment. Walls, glass and shelving matter more than distance.
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Draw
Where the access points go, and how many people sit in each room.
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Cable
Every access point gets a network cable. Daisy-chaining wirelessly halves the speed.
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Configure
Networks for office, guests and devices. Channels chosen so they do not interfere.
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Measure again
The same round once more. You get the result on the floor plan.
Three networks, one set of boxes
Office
- Logging in per person, not with one shared password
- Access to printers and files
- Lapses by itself when someone leaves
Guests
- Internet only, nothing from the office network
- A password you can change every week
- Capped, so one guest cannot fill the connection
Devices
- Cameras, screens, the coffee machine
- Can reach the internet, not your computers
- Every device known, unknown ones refused
When this comes up
- Every video call drops in the meeting room
- Three loose range extenders from the DIY shop hang around, each with its own network name
- The wifi password is on a note at reception and has not changed in five years
- The company is moving to a building with concrete floors
Questions
How many access points do I need?
That depends on the building and the number of simultaneous users, not just the floor area. An open-plan office with forty people needs more capacity than a warehouse of the same size. Concrete walls, coated glass and metal shelving block signal. That is why we measure first. An estimate based on square metres is rarely right.
How do you separate guests from the business network?
With a separate guest network that only gives access to the internet. The same access points broadcast several networks, and the firewall makes sure traffic from the guest network does not reach the office's computers, printers and servers. A visitor with an infected laptop can then touch nothing. You can change the guest password as often as you like.
Do you measure on site first?
Yes, for any building bigger than a single room. We walk through the building, measure the existing coverage and the interference from networks nearby, and note the places where many people work at once. From that we make a floor plan with the positions for the access points. After installing, we measure again.
Can you take over an existing UniFi network?
Yes. If Ubiquiti access points already hang there, we check whether they are well placed and well configured. Often the hardware is fine and the problem lies in the placement, the channels or a management environment nobody updates any more. We take over the management, update the software and replace only what is out of date.
Goes well with
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Network installation
A business network for a new or refitted building: cabinet, switches, wifi and firewall, drawn and documented.
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Firewall
A firewall installed, configured and kept up, with rules that someone knows the reason for.
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IT for education
Small schools and training providers: many devices, few administrators and data on minors.
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Internet backup over 4G
A second connection over the mobile network that takes over by itself when the fixed line fails.
From the knowledge base
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Moving office: what do you arrange for IT, and when?
Internet has the longest lead time, and the cabling has to go in before the floors close. The order in which to arrange the IT for a move.
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Why is the wifi in the office slow?
The six causes we find most often, from a router in the meter cupboard to too many devices on one access point, and what to do about them.
Tell us what you run.
An introduction costs nothing. You talk straight away to one of the two people who will actually do the work.
or email info@jevana.systems