Wireless Site Survey

WiFi has become a basic need for the guests till the point they arrive at the hotel and leave. Most hotels are providing WiFi services to the guests, which technically require a lot of networking design and operations. Hotels with strong and stable WiFi are preferred over hotels with just WIFI.

- Umer Farooq Mohammed

A stable and high-performing WiFi network is today a basic requirement for any Hotel, which is serious about maintaining high occupancy rate and repeat customers. Hotels just cannot afford to have a non-effective WiFi network in the growing hi-tech world. Hotels today are no longer chosen based only on food,

comfort, room services and amenities, but also how advanced, modern, and modern IT infrastructure they have to operate the modern gadgets like laptop, kindle, smartphone, etc.

Hotels are also major venue to host various events, weddings, fundraisers, business meetings, workshops, and banquets. MICE is an important source of revenue, so it is crucial that a hotel has adequate WiFi reliability and strength to provide uninterrupted communication link.

Here are few questions which are answered to clarify the steps to be taken before installing WiFi in a property.

WiFi Technology

WiFi technology used for transmitting a signal using the 802.11 specifications works a lot like it does with a basic Ethernet hub. WLAN used radio frequencies (RFs) that are radiated into the air from an antenna creates radio waves. These waves can be absorbed, refracted, or reflected by walls, windows, and metal platforms, resulting in low signal strength. So, because of this vulnerability to surrounding environmental factors, a proper survey along with a proper system is necessary.

At a basic level, hotel internet is like any other commercial systems. It relies on internet cables and business-grade equipment that supports wireless users, and office operations. A typical WiFi setup includes: Routers connect to your internet service provider's network. Access points extend WiFi to guest

● rooms and public spaces.

● Switches join access points for a flawless internet connection.

How a Wireless Site Survey in a Hotel helps?