Prereqs: Warehouse 20000 m2(not built yet), 12m ceiling height, racks going all the way up to beams. Clients: iPads or Samsung tablets Application: Web based, coverage req on ground level only So a 20000 square meter warehouse with almost all of it covered with racks. An aisle is almost 90m long and 3m wide. Im attaching a quick predictive design I through together in Ekahau with MR76 and ANT-27 along the wall for easiest possible mounting. One antenna for each aisle, only 5ghz planned. Or course always hard to do predictive with warehouse racks that can either be empty, half filled, or fully stacked with different materials. Concerns of course with that many APs close to each other on one wall, around 3m, not narrow enough beam with ANT-27 or will I still be able to handle it with 20mhz channel width and 5ghz? Will of course be an edge case when running towards the end of the aisle with that kind of distance, didnt go with with MR46E and narrow patch antennas because of price of the antenna. The APs in the more open area in one end might be able to support a bit towards the end of the aisle. Am I taking to easy a route with mostly using one wall just to avoid making rods and special mounts to place APs in other places? Will the racks perhaps attenuate less than in the pred design and one doesnt need one AP per aisle? Then I guess I cant have them all one side and have to run every other aisle from the other end and perhaps support with some APs in the middle of some aisle as well. Any other suggestions based on Meraki hardware?
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