The pressure on distribution centers and warehouses to ship more products faster, increases every year. Seven out of 10 warehouses report having problems with their network. How your devices communicate is as ever changing, as your stock moving in and out. A weak signal with additional interference can lag, run slowly or drop off the network completely.

Scaling your warehouse's wireless coverage to handle additional wireless devices requires some pre-planning. Will you be adding thermal printers and scanners onto mobile carts, to improve productivity? Would additional mobile computers and wireless scanners help you move more products? Is cellular service required in one part of the facility? Answering these questions and planning ahead will ensure success in the future.

Analyzing your Network - Simple fixes

The site survey reports a complete breakdown of the hardware required to achieve a successful wireless network. We provide a complete analysis and a list of all hardware and cabling required for budget allocation. We conduct a survey with any wireless manufacturer’s hardware in mind which is essential for the network design.

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Some issues that the site survey will address: 

1. An exact Site Survey of current access points, signal strength, cross-over signal, dead areas and existing and future inventory trends.

2. Proper Antenna Placement- The mounting orientation of the antennas and the way the omnidirectional antennas emit radio waves (circular form) implies that when the antenna is pointed at an angle, it produces a donut hole that will appear in unexpected locations. These potential problems will be corrected.

3. Antenna Types -  Directional antennas are used to concentrate on particular areas with possible obstacles that can cause signal interruptions, whereas omnidirectional antennas are designed to provide wider coverage over a wider open space. Replacing these antennas properly solves many issues with the overall signal.

4. Too Many Access Points- An inadequate number of access points, due to budget constraints will result in poor coverage, however, too many access points will also create an overlap in the signal that may be connecting to an access point farther away from where other devices. Newer systems allow for the power levels of each access point to be adjusted automatically, which takes some of the guesswork out of the more complex areas of the solution design.

Scale Your Security with Your Network 

To allow organizations to add more traffic to their networks without affecting operations, wireless networks need to scale efficiently. It is anticipated that 150 million IoT industrial devices will be online by 2021. These new network endpoints must be secured just like any other endpoint. You can’t automatically trust them to be safe. Older networks may lose, their ability to secure new devices at the edge of the network. This new traffic will be in addition to the many wireless devices already being deployed throughout the industry. Assets that don’t talk to each other can be placed on isolated network segments to reduce the risk of attack, so it’s a good idea to get a realistic picture of how that will affect your system security.

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