Enterprise Networking & Connectivity
Switching & Wi-Fi
Access, distribution and core switching with enterprise wireless designed from a real survey — coverage and capacity measured, not estimated per square metre.
Wireless coverage and wireless capacity are different problems and they are constantly confused. A site can have a strong signal everywhere and still be unusable at nine in the morning, because forty devices are contending for the same access point. Coverage is about signal strength; capacity is about how many clients each radio has to serve and how much airtime each one consumes.
That is why a survey matters. A predictive survey against the real floor plan and construction materials, validated on site, produces an access point count and placement that reflects the building — where a rule of thumb produces a number that is comfortably wrong in both directions at once, over-provisioning open areas and under-provisioning dense ones.
The switching underneath has to be sized for the same reality. PoE budget is the constraint people hit first: a switch advertising PoE+ on every port rarely has the power supply to deliver it on every port at once, and a floor of Wi-Fi 6E access points and PTZ cameras will find that limit quickly.
What this covers
Access, distribution and core
A layered design sized for real port counts and uplink oversubscription, with stacking or chassis redundancy where downtime is not survivable.
Wi-Fi 6 and 6E design
Predictive and on-site surveys, channel and power planning, and band steering — with 6GHz used where the client devices can actually reach it.
PoE budgeting
Power calculated across the whole switch and its supplies rather than per port, including headroom for the devices that will be added later.
Segmentation and access policy
VLANs, 802.1X and guest isolation, so a compromised camera or an unknown laptop cannot reach the corporate network.
Roaming for voice and video
Fast transition so a call survives a walk across a floor, which is where most wireless voice deployments actually fail.
What we will ask you
These are the questions that decide the specification. Having the answers ready is what turns a first conversation into a real quotation.
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How many devices per area, at peak?
A lecture theatre, a warehouse and an open-plan office at the same square metreage need wildly different access point counts. Density drives the design.
- 02
What is the building made of?
Concrete cores, foil-backed insulation and glass partitions each change propagation. This is the reason a survey beats an estimate.
- 03
Is anything mission-critical on Wi-Fi?
Barcode scanners, wireless handsets and medical devices need roaming and airtime guarantees that ordinary browsing does not. Name them early.