Implementing a Wireless Lan

Running Head: Implementing a Wireless LAN

Implementing a Wireless LAN

(Course Project)

TM 585

04/17/2011

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

2. Assessment

2.1. Identify Needs

2.2. Current Network

2.3. Gather Information

2.4. Perform Wireless Survey

3. Solution

3.1. Developed A Plan

3.2. Send RFP

3.3. Implementation and Train

3.4. Training and Support

4. Conclusion

5. References

6. Appendix

Implementing a Wireless LAN

1. Executive Summary

Wireless communications today span a wide range of different technologies, including cellular, Personal Communications Service (PCS), satellite, infrared, wireless data WANs, specialized mobile radio, and wireless LANs. In this paper I will try to concentrate on the standard methods and processes as a consultant that it will take to implement a wireless local area network (LAN) for my customer who firm consist of one hundred employees..

Wireless LAN technology today is relatively mature, though its adoption has not always met vendors' expectations. Nevertheless, wireless LANs are becoming commonplace in applications such as health care, trading floors, supermarkets, transportation and warehousing and are increasingly being used in office environments. Meanwhile the number of vendors keeps increasing, the technology keeps getting better and less expensive, and with the recently completed IEEE 802.11 standard, interoperability between vendors is becoming less of an issue. Moreover, convenient form factors such as PC Cards are becoming common. You may be surprised at how easy wireless LANs are to use and deploy, and how cost effective they are compared to wired LANs, which have many indirect and hidden costs associated with installation and reconfigurations.

Wireless LAN hardware costs more than wired LAN hardware and throughput is usually slower. But the technology allows us to set up networks in hard-to-wire places such as historic buildings or in temporary circumstances such as at trade...