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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Ben,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The antennas are two
dipole antennas with Omni directional radiation pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The antennas are
oriented vertically and perpendicular to the AP body.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The coverage is weak
with all clients but with different levels but my main concern is to make it
work with this hand held.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The place was a
warehouse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The tests were
identical without any type of security (no encryption and open authentication)
and with the same SSID.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The main thing that come into my mind is whether there is a
settings on the controller that make the AP optimized for the coverage not for
the throughput as the main purpose of this solution is for hand held which
means that the data rate is not critical.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Another thing there are 10 APs in the warehouse, so is it
possible that the controller by default reduces the coverage of each AP to
reduce interference and if this is right, is there is a way to override this
behavior to solve the coverage problem ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Your help is high appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best
Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#948A54'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ben Story
[mailto:ben.story@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] Wireless Coverage problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>What kind of antennae are you
using?  How are they oriented?  Does the same thing happen with a
client with a different wireless chipset?  Were the tests identical (ie
was the linksys setup for the same authentication, wireless security and SSID
Broadcast settings)?<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman <<a
href="mailto:Ahmed.Rahman@bmbgroup.com">Ahmed.Rahman@bmbgroup.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi
All,<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>               
I have 1 WLAN controller 2112 and 10 APs 1242G with external antennas and
I’m facing a problem in the coverage, as while standing directly under
any AP (about 4 meters far) without any obstacles in-between the signal
received at the hand held device is good and when moving little a bit away the
signal decreases to fair and poor while by using a cheap stand alone Linksys AP
in the same place the signal in the hand held is excellent which is normal due
to the small distance.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>So
anyone has any reasons or solution for this situation ?, maybe there are some
settings in the controller can make the AP optimized for coverage distance or
something like this, please advise.<o:p></o:p></p>

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style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:#1F497D'>Best Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='color:#1F497D'>Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman</span><span style='color:#4A442A'> </span><span
style='color:#948A54'>I</span><span style='color:#333399'> </span><span
style='color:#1F497D'>Senior Network Engineer </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>

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