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Hotel & Guesthouse WiFi Coverage

One in-wall AP per guest room plus ceiling APs for corridors, lobbies and restaurants, centrally managed by an AC gateway and PoE switch with AP status visible at the front desk.

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At a Glance

System build

In-wall Wireless AP + Ceiling Wireless AP + Switch / Gateway / AC Controller

Key models

WA-590 WA-670 / WA-690 WA-3000H

Requirements

6items

Acceptance checks

4items

Scenario Images

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Key Pain Points

Weak in-room WiFi with complaints concentrated in the evening peak
Roaming drop-outs between corridors and lift lobbies interrupt video calls
APs deployed without central management, faults cannot be located
Rooms already finished; surface cabling would damage the interior

Solution Architecture

Guest rooms: 86-box in-wall APs reusing existing conduit
Public areas: Wi-Fi 6 ceiling APs for corridors, lobby, restaurant and meeting rooms
Access layer: PoE switches power and backhaul the APs
Management: AC gateway pushes SSID, channel and power policy with roaming
Optional in-wall APs with downlink ports for IPTV and wired access

On This Page

01Requirement Breakdown 02Zones & Topology 03Recommended Configuration 04Key Technical Points 05Installation & Commissioning 06Where These Projects Most Often Go Wrong 07Acceptance Criteria 08Sizing Rule & Pricing 09Recommended Products

Requirement Breakdown

Figures below are design assumptions for sizing, not measured site data — confirm against the actual site before ordering.

01Guest rooms: one in-wall AP per room, two for suites (connected rooms or ≥ 60㎡). For 120 rooms including 8 suites this is about 128 panel APs.
02Public areas: corridor APs sized at one per 2–3 rooms, lobby / restaurant / meeting rooms at one ceiling AP per 60–120㎡. A 24-floor property typically lands at 150–200 ceiling APs.
03Outdoor: courtyards, pools, car parks and terraces at 300–500㎡ per AP depending on obstruction, typically 2–6 outdoor APs.
04Roaming: seamless between room, corridor and lift lobby — 802.11k/v/r with one-time authentication.
05Power: all APs powered by PoE switches, reusing existing low-voltage conduit — no new sockets in rooms.
06In-room concurrency: 2–4 devices per room (phone, TV, tablet); a full floor can carry hundreds of clients at peak.

Zones & Topology

Guest floors: one 86-box in-wall AP per room, replacing the existing wall data plate and reusing the cabling.

Corridors and lift lobbies: ceiling APs along the ceiling line cover doorways and walkways — the roaming layer between rooms and public areas.

Lobby, ballroom, restaurant and meeting rooms: combined ceiling APs; where columns or partitions block signal, place APs on both sides of the obstruction.

Outdoor zones (courtyard, pool, terrace, car park): weatherproof APs mounted high, clear of trees and landscaping.

Access layer: PoE switches in the floor telecom room power and backhaul the APs to the core switch.

Management: the AC gateway pushes SSID, channel and power policy; APs come up zero-touch with roaming and rogue-AP detection.

Standard Topology

Recommended Configuration

WA-590In-wall Wireless AProughly the room count (suites ×2)

Dual-band 3000M in-wall panel AP, one per room, with 2 data ports

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WA-670 / WA-690Ceiling Wireless APCorridors and public areas, one per 60–120 sqm

Dual-band 3000M ceiling AP for corridors, lobby, restaurant and meeting rooms

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WA-3000HOutdoor Wireless APBy outdoor area, 2–6 units

IP67 outdoor AP for courtyard, pool and car park

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CF-SG1241PSwitch / Gateway / AC ControllerPer floor, one to two units

24-port full-gigabit PoE switch for floor access and AP power

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CF-SG181PSwitch / Gateway / AC ControllerFor small floors or public areas

8-port full-gigabit PoE switch for small floors or public areas

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CF-AC3001–2 units (by AP count and redundancy)

AC gateway managing APs and pushing roaming / SSID policy

Configuration list as a table

Model	Quantity	Purpose
WA-590	roughly the room count (suites ×2)	Dual-band 3000M in-wall panel AP, one per room, with 2 data ports
WA-670 / WA-690	Corridors and public areas, one per 60–120 sqm	Dual-band 3000M ceiling AP for corridors, lobby, restaurant and meeting rooms
WA-3000H	By outdoor area, 2–6 units	IP67 outdoor AP for courtyard, pool and car park
CF-SG1241P	Per floor, one to two units	24-port full-gigabit PoE switch for floor access and AP power
CF-SG181P	For small floors or public areas	8-port full-gigabit PoE switch for small floors or public areas
CF-AC300	1–2 units (by AP count and redundancy)	AC gateway managing APs and pushing roaming / SSID policy

Key Technical Points

Use in-wall APs — not corridor ceiling APs — for guest rooms. A ceiling AP in the corridor must penetrate two doorways，and door material dominates the loss; an in-wall unit gives far better in-room uniformity.
In public areas，place by obstruction rather than by area， columns， fire-compartment walls and metal finishes fragment coverage — put APs on both sides of the obstruction.
Zero-touch provisioning，APs inherit configuration from the AC， keep no secrets after power loss， and the AC raises neighbouring AP power to cover a failed unit.
Separate guest and staff SSIDs，with the staff network on its own VLAN; IPTV runs on the panel AP downlink port rather than over wireless.
Corridor and lift-lobby APs must share SSID and security policy，otherwise handsets will not hand over on the walk from room to lift.

Installation & Commissioning

Mount ceiling APs at 2.6–3.2m with 15–20m spacing in corridors; keep clear of metal ceiling battens and sprinkler pipes.
In-wall APs go at the original plate position (about 0.3m above floor，or wherever the existing data outlet is)， on a standard 86-box.
On 2.4GHz use only channels 1/6/11 and alternate between adjacent APs; on 5GHz prefer non-DFS channels to avoid radar-triggered drop-outs.
Bond outdoor APs and bridges to earth and fit surge protectors on the PoE run; use outdoor-rated cable or conduit.
Schedule guest-floor work in nightly batches，build redundant public-area coverage first， then cut over floor by floor.

Where These Projects Most Often Go Wrong

Reusing legacy in-room cabling without checking，reversed pairs or thin cable cause excessive PoE voltage drop and the AP reboots repeatedly. Test every run before cut-over — ≤ 100m， T568B， Cat5e or better.
Under-density in corridors combined with 2.4GHz-only，in-room signal falls below -75dBm and complaints cluster at check-in peak. Rooms need their own AP; corridor penetration is not a substitute.
Buying the PoE switch by port count instead of power budget，once fully populated the total exceeds the supply and the last APs never boot. Size at AP count × per-AP draw × 1.3.
Treating a ballroom or meeting room like a guest floor，on event days dozens of clients join at once and saturate a single AP. Density high-traffic rooms at one AP per 60–80㎡ and split load across both bands.

Acceptance Criteria

In-room 5GHz signal ≥ -65dBm，with the worst spot (bedside， bathroom) ≥ -70dBm.
Walk room → corridor → lift lobby during a video call with no drop and no re-authentication.
At peak the floor reaches its design concurrency with no stalling on page loads or video.
All APs online and managed by the AC; unplug any one and neighbouring APs compensate without creating a hole.

Sizing Rule & Pricing

Sizing rule: panel APs = rooms + suites; ceiling APs = (floors × 5–7 per floor) + (public area ÷ 80–120㎡); PoE switches = total APs ÷ usable PoE ports per switch, rounded up with 15% spare; choose the AC by total AP count (CF-AC300 manages 256). Contact us for current unit pricing and carton quantities.

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