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How to do a Wireless Site Survey Online Training

This How to do a Wireless Site Survey training covers how to investigate a location and determine what sorts of access points should be used in what locations to provide seamless wireless network coverage. Once you're done with this Cisco training, you'll know how to analyze a facility or site, understand what the network will need to be capable of, and make good recommendations about upgrades, installations or alterations.

Updated June 2022

6Skills
37Videos
5h 4mTotal
37 videos5h 4m

Who This Course Is For

This How to do a Wireless Site Survey training is considered associate-level Cisco training, which means it was designed for network admins. This Cisco wireless networking skills course is designed for network admins with three to five years of experience with networking.

Course Curriculum

  • Describe the Wireless Design ProcessFree56m
  • Premium skill.Collect Design Requirements56m
  • Premium skill.Describe Material Attenuation48m
  • Premium skill.Identify Wireless Site Survey Types49m
  • Premium skill.Meet the Goals of a Site Survey49m
  • Premium skill.Perform a Site Survey48m

For IT leaders

What IT leaders need to know before assigning this course

Wireless coverage gaps create productivity issues, support tickets, and avoidable rework when access points are purchased or placed without a structured survey. IT Directors can assign this associate-level Cisco training to network admins with roughly three to five years of networking experience who support office moves, WLAN refreshes, or coverage improvements.

The course is a realistic team enablement investment: about 5 hours per learner across lessons on wireless design, requirements collection, material attenuation, survey types, survey goals, and performing a site survey. It is a strong fit for small network teams that need a common process before making upgrade, installation, or alteration recommendations. For change management, Team Leads can use the course to standardize how admins evaluate facilities and document wireless needs before implementation work begins.

Team Impact

How this training helps your team succeed

IT teams complete this training to make wireless design decisions based on the facility, not guesswork. The course focuses on the steps network admins use before recommending access point locations, upgrades, or changes.

  • Plan WLAN work more consistently: Apply a wireless design process before equipment is installed or altered.
  • Capture better requirements: Collect facility and network needs so recommendations match business use, not assumptions.
  • Account for the physical environment: Consider material attenuation when evaluating why coverage may vary across a site.
  • Choose and execute the right survey approach: Identify wireless site survey types, align the survey to defined goals, and perform the survey to support AP placement decisions.

After completion

Knowledge & ability your team will gain

Knowledge

  • The stages of a wireless design process for site evaluation and WLAN planning.
  • What requirements should be collected before recommending wireless upgrades or installations.
  • How building materials can affect wireless signal behavior through attenuation.
  • The different types of wireless site surveys and when they apply.
  • The goals a site survey should meet before design recommendations are made.

Ability

  • Analyze a facility or site to understand wireless coverage needs.
  • Gather design requirements that support access point and coverage decisions.
  • Factor material attenuation into wireless planning conversations.
  • Select an appropriate site survey type for a given WLAN scenario.
  • Perform a wireless site survey and use the results to recommend AP placement, upgrades, installations, or alterations.

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