[OPLINTECH] Anyone know of any companies in Ohio that do Wi-Fi surveys?

[Chad Neeper]

We've done several such surveys at several of our libraries to evaluate the
environment and optimize coverage. But we just do it ourselves using freely
available tools. It's been several years since we last did a full survey,
but I seem to recall we used NetSpot as one of our more comprehensive
tools. (https://www.netspotapp.com) It's not difficult at all to do on your
own, if you kind of understand WiFi and/or have a network administrator
on-staff. So depending on your need and perhaps who/how much you're trying
to impress with fancy graphics and technobabble, you might just take an
hour or two to play around and see if you can't just accomplish what you
want for pennies (verses thousands).

For our own purposes, we're rarely trying to impress anyone. We just wanted
a way to ensure that we were optimizing access point placement and
coverage, minimizing outside interference, and finding the nooks and
crannies that needed supplemental coverage. Using some of the
readily-available tools gave us an easy way to visualize the coverage
strength all over the library and surrounding areas. All we needed was some
software, a laptop, and some sort of floor-plan representation of the
library for perspective.

YMMV, but this might be a pretty cheap and easy DIY project if you just
want a useful tool/information to map out and improve your coverage as
opposed to a whole board-level presentation.

2 cents,
Chad

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On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 10:46 AM Greg Ricker via OPLINTECH <
oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
>
>
> We are looking for a company to perform a Wi-Fi survey at one of our
> branch locations. We were able to get a quote from Wi-Fi Surveyors out of
> Vandalia, Ohio but we don’t know if their quote is high, low or on the
> mark. Has anyone had something like this done and if so, which company did
> you contract with to perform the survey?
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
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