The fast and efficient wireless Internet is no longer a novelty in today’s fast-paced technological environment. It’s a total necessity! When workers can only work from their desks, workplaces rarely excel, and WLAN implementation has been a huge boon in terms of efficiency in the workplace.
But without the right personnel, it can be difficult to deploy a WLAN. It can be a real challenge to plan, deploy and maintain a WLAN even though you have access to highly trained and qualified gig staff.
What is a WLAN?
A Wireless Local Area Network is a WLAN (or Wireless LAN). It is also one of many different types of wireless network, including.
WPANS – Wireless Personal Area Networks.
WMANS – Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks.
WWANS – Wireless Wide Area Networks.
Hiring the right gig employees will help you detect and solve problems before they arise in your Wireless LAN implementation so that downtime is reduced, and efficiency is assured. However, it’s important to know what you need from your WLAN and what obstacles and barriers you can face, even with the best staff at your disposal.
WLAN Design & Deployment – What are the Challenges Faced?
Getting access to the right gig staff can ensure that you get a qualified engineer to conduct a comprehensive survey of the WLAN site. Do not panic if you’re not sure how to do a site survey. Before working collaboratively with you to solve them, a well-qualified gig worker would have all the skills and instruments required to carry out the site survey and recognise obstacles.
The site survey will assess the on-site radio frequency (RF) activity and determine the best places to set up access points (APs). Engineers will compile a checklist of wireless site surveys that will recognize possible problems posed by your site for design, implementation, and management.
This checklist may include the following:
Coverage and Capacity need: Which of the areas need access and the maximum capacity for robust transmission of data? Where will operations with potentially high bandwidth requirements for capacity take place?
Identifying Cabling Paths and Installation Requirements: Gig employees will then go through your site to find where APs have to be located for optimum coverage and their availability when they have a clear understanding of your specifications. The logistics of running cables to the appropriate APs will also be decided.
Outside Interferences: There may be outside interference that may influence the output of your network. In nearby spaces, these include misconfigured APs, or other nearby devices that use RF.
User Flow: There was a time when access points were centrally located, but there was a shift in business WLAN requirements. Placing APs where they will be used the most is now best practice. A site survey will also include user flow in deciding the best locations for APs.
Security: APs will be designed in a way that will keep your network secure and avoid access to it by unwelcome parties.
Overcoming the Challenges
There are a large range of possible obstacles that can hinder the WLAN deployment and management. You should recognise and execute pre-emptive solutions to solve problems before they occur using the right gig personnel.
The more detailed the survey of the platform, the better prepared you will be to rapidly solve problems, minimize downtime and improve efficiency and protection.
It may, however, be difficult to find the right gig workers for such a sensitive and significant job.
How Can Field Engineer Help?
IT Field Engineer is a powerful and user-friendly platform. Using this platform you shall easily find the right WLAN and communications engineering talent and rather quickly too.
When you sign up for IT Field Engineer, you have immediate access to a broad range of advantages, including.
- Access to over 40,000 engineers working in 180 countries, verified, vetted, and experienced.
- Support and sound advice to help you keep the gig workers that are the best fit for your business.
- Access to our cloud-based platform via your computer, tablet, or smartphone i.e. from virtually anywhere.
- Expand the visibility and productivity of your business by ensuring that you gain access to the very best talent in communication.
- Real-time monitoring which keeps you in the loop. You can always see a job's progress as it takes place.
- Proprietary AI tools to match the perfect engineer with your project(s).
- Powerful mobile management tools on-the-go that put you in the driving seat no matter whether or not you are on-site.
A WLAN network can be challenging to deploy and manage. Make sure you have the right gig staff to help you tackle the challenge.