https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/ Practical WiFi network notes for B2B buyers and system integrators: PoE sizing, roaming, capacity, troubleshooting. en Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/why-wifi-clients-dont-roam-80211k-v-r/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/why-wifi-clients-dont-roam-80211k-v-r/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech Roaming is decided by the client, not the access point. This is what 802.11k, 802.11v and 802.11r each add, how much cell overlap a floor actually needs, and why a phone sitting under a second AP still stays on the far one. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/80211ax-access-point-tiers/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/80211ax-access-point-tiers/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT selection The AX figure on an access point is both radios added together, not what one laptop gets. The ladder from 1500 to 3000 moves antenna chains, the uplink port and the PoE class — and this is how to read those columns before you order. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/how-many-access-points-office-floor/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/how-many-access-points-office-floor/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech One office floor usually fails in three different ways at once: the open desk area is covered but slow, the glass meeting room stalls the moment a call starts, and the private offices behind the fire door have no signal at all. Each of those zones is decided by a different number, and this is how to size all three. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/how-many-access-points-school-wifi/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/how-many-access-points-school-wifi/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech A school network that passes an empty-building survey can still stall at 09:00, because classrooms are sized by concurrent devices rather than by coverage. Here is how to choose between corridor units and one unit per classroom, with the arithmetic and the acceptance targets. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/high-density-wifi-capacity-planning/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/high-density-wifi-capacity-planning/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech A room can show full bars and still fail at 09:00, because capacity is a different budget from coverage. Here is the two-line estimate — seats per cell and active clients per radio — and why the switch port behind the access point usually runs out before the radio does. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/warehouse-wifi-coverage-high-rack-planning/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/warehouse-wifi-coverage-high-rack-planning/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech Warehouse WiFi is not the office plan scaled up. Racking blocks the next aisle, ceilings sit at eight metres, and scanners live at waist height. Plan per aisle, not per square metre, with every model figure taken from our own product pages. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/how-far-does-an-outdoor-access-point-reach/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/how-far-does-an-outdoor-access-point-reach/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech Range is not a figure on a datasheet, it is the output of a link budget where the phone has to talk back. A planning method for yards, campuses and seating bowls, with every model figure taken from our own product pages. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wifi-site-survey-before-installation/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wifi-site-survey-before-installation/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech A WiFi site survey is not a heat map. It has to answer three questions: where the radio has to sit, how many clients each cell carries at the busy hour, and what is already in the air fighting you. A walk-test method, pass thresholds and a handover list, with model figures from our own product pages. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/how-many-access-points-hotel-wifi/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/how-many-access-points-hotel-wifi/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech The AP count in a hotel is set by wall construction, corridor shape, devices per room at the busy hour and seat counts in public areas, not by floor area. A method you can recompute, with every model figure from our own product pages. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wifi-6-access-point-deployment-best-practices/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wifi-6-access-point-deployment-best-practices/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech You bought WiFi 6 and still have dead spots, stalls and reboot loops. A deployment checklist in running order, with every figure from our own product pages. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/field-guide-installation/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/field-guide-installation/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT fieldguide Mounting height, spacing, channel planning, power tuning and acceptance — the items most often skipped on site, on one page. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-lightning-surge/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-lightning-surge/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT troubleshoot Most outdoor AP and bridge failures are not product defects — they are missing equipotential bonding and PoE-side surge protection. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-poe-power/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-poe-power/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT troubleshoot Port count decides how many devices you can connect; the PoE power rating decides how many will actually run. The two are routinely confused. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-bridge-packetloss/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-bridge-packetloss/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT troubleshoot Full signal bars do not mean a usable link. Bridge faults come down to Fresnel clearance, co-channel interference, alignment drift and insufficient rain margin. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-throughput/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-throughput/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT troubleshoot The headline rate is an aggregate physical-layer figure. Real throughput is limited by the client, the band, the uplink and interference — rule them out one layer at a time. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-roaming/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-roaming/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT troubleshoot Most roaming problems are sticky clients, not weak hardware. Disable low rates, level the power and unify the SSID — that fixes most sites. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-ap-offline/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/troubleshoot-ap-offline/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT troubleshoot Work through power, link, configuration and interference in that order — most drop-outs are found in step one. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wireless-ap-buying-guide/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wireless-ap-buying-guide/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT purchase Three questions overseas buyers ask most: how many APs, which type, and how to get a quote. Here is a checklist you can send with your inquiry. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wifi6-vs-wifi7/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wifi6-vs-wifi7/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech The spec-sheet numbers differ clearly, but the real decision driver is client mix and concurrency density, not peak rate. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/ceiling-vs-inwall-vs-outdoor-ap/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/ceiling-vs-inwall-vs-outdoor-ap/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT selection The three form factors solve different problems: covering space, covering rooms and covering outdoors. Choosing the wrong one hurts experience more than low specs. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/poe-switch-sizing/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/poe-switch-sizing/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech Two common PoE switch mistakes: insufficient total power budget and no spare ports. Here is a calculation you can apply directly. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/oem-odm-wireless-ap/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/oem-odm-wireless-ap/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT oem Selling wireless APs under your own brand involves more than a logo: firmware UI, packaging, certification and frequency plans all matter. https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wireless-bridge-basics/ https://www.wirelessapfactory.com/blog/wireless-bridge-basics/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT knowledge Most bridge failures come from three causes: optimistic distance estimates, unassessed interference and no bandwidth headroom.