Wireless Consulting Expertise

Progent's wireless site survey services can assist you to design, configure, optimize, and debug a Wi-Fi network for any venue, offering your business a WLAN that delivers the coverage, performance, capacity, QoS, security, and roaming capability your organization requires. Wi-Fi site survey services offered by Progent include offsite predictive analysis for planning a Wi-Fi network and in-person RF measurement for validating, optimizing, and troubleshooting an operational Wi-Fi LAN.

Progent's Wi-Fi survey consultants are certified in the use of Ekahau's RF modeling applications for designing your Wi-Fi environment and Ekahau's signal capture hardware for recording Wi-Fi traffic at your facility to measure throughput and identify problems. Progent's wireless survey consultants have experience integrating all major Wi-Fi access point products and wireless controllers including legacy products and modern 802.11ax appliances.

Progent's Predictive Wi-Fi Design Services
Progent's predictive Wi-Fi planning services can be carried out remotely and make use of cutting-edge RF modeling and analysis software to design an efficient wireless LAN. With predictive planning, you send Progent's wireless experts your floor plans and a description of your environment such as walls, doors, cable access, elevator shafts, and building materials. You also specify your coverage, capacity, and throughput targets as well as your constraints. In addition, you estimate the types of endpoint devices your clients will connect, the software they will use, and the peak traffic they will generate. Progent will utilize your information to create a digital model of your environment and develop a design that details the most appropriate manufacturers for your APs, the required number of APs, their ideal location and antenna selection, their proper configuration and power settings and their anticipated performance.

Progent's On-premises Wi-Fi Site Survey
Progent's on-premises wireless survey uses Ekahau's specialized RF signal collection instrument and related software to allow you to confirm, tune, and troubleshoot an existing wireless deployment. These services are commonly undertaken shortly after a new deployment or used as a diagnostic tool to scale, optimize, or troubleshoot an older wireless LAN. Available across the U.S., Progent's onsite Wi-Fi site survey services include walkthrough testing for RF coverage and contention, detection of AP overpopulation, RF propagation tracking, security assessment, and identification of the best locations for customer-specified Wireless Access Points.

Progent's consultants can deliver online and on-premises guidance for a wide selection of Wi-Fi access points and can provide services such as Aironet wireless access point integration, Meraki wireless AP management, Cisco Small Business 100/300/500 Wi-Fi AP configuration, Cisco Catalyst Wi-Fi access point solution design, Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi AP configuration, and Apple AirPort wireless access point setup. Progent's on-premises survey includes consultation with your network management to define performance parameters for the WLAN. Progent's RCCD and Ekahau certified Wi-Fi site survey engineers can recommend affordable Wi-Fi LAN enhancements that utilize modern Wi-Fi technology and deliver maximum business value.

Progent can provide expertise for building a state-of-the-art Bring Your Own Device Wi-Fi network by providing services like iPhone and iPad integration, and Android phone and tablet consulting. iPhones and tablets, Androids, Windows Phones, and other mobile devices can pose client density issues and can also create transmit power imbalances that call for special configuration of APs. Progent's Wi-Fi site survey services provide the information you need to understand these challenges and build an efficient and effective BYOD network.

Deliverables for Progent's predictive and on-premises Wi-Fi site surveys can include:

• Radio Wi-Fi Spectrum Analysis including detection of RF issues related to your environment's layout, physical structure, and other potential causes of RF interference so you can anticipate and mitigate issues during the wireless network design process.
• RF Coverage Maps in the form of color RF contour images for the areas that need coverage to assist you to determine the optimal quantity and position of WAPs and identify potential signal spillover areas and holes in coverage
• Capacity Plan for specifying and delivering the bandwidth needed to accommodate all apps and users
• Cable Paths depicted as line diagrams you can supply to cabling installers
• Device Installation guidance on where and how to deploy Wi-Fi devices plus identification of special equipment that may be needed (NEMA enclosures, antennas, etc.)
• Infrastructure Requirements to describe all facility and networking equipment necessary to service the wireless deployment like available switch interfaces, Power over Ethernet, electrical power, and rack capacity

World-Class Network Infrastructure Expertise
Progent maintains one of the largest teams of certified Cisco CCIE IT infrastructure engineers of any independent IT support firm in the U.S. and can help you to integrate your WLAN seamlessly into your wired network. Progent can help your company to install and manage Cisco routers, switches, and security devices as well as Cisco Mobility products including wireless APs and wireless LAN controllers. Progent also offers expertise with networking products from Juniper Networks, Apple, Ubiquiti, and other top providers. To find out more about Progent's online and on-premises consulting expertise for Cisco Wi-Fi solutions, refer to consulting and debugging services for Cisco wireless products.

To assist you with company-wide security and compliance issues, Progent offers the support of IT security engineers who have earned advanced credentials from CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC and other prominent security authorities. Progent's cybersecurity experts can provide a broad range of remote and on-premises services such as security assessments, penetration testing, disaster recovery preparedness, and endpoint remote security monitoring and ransomware protection with SentinelOne technology.

Contact Progent for Wi-Fi Planning and Site Survey Expertise
To learn more about Progent's consulting services for remote wireless predictive planning and onsite wireless site surveys, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.