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Academy Intermediate 22:18 Y5 Field Team
WiFi Site Survey 101 - Tools & Approach
Predictive vs passive vs active surveys - software, hardware, and deliverable templates.
What you will learn
- How to size APs by user count and density, not just floor area.
- Why fast roaming (802.11r/k/v) matters and how to enable it across vendors.
- Reading a heatmap output and translating it into a procurement BoQ.
- Daily / weekly / monthly checks every NetOps team should run.
- What to dashboard and what to alert on.
- How to write a runbook your night-shift can actually follow.
Who it is for
Designed for intermediate practitioners. If you have ever specced, installed, or supported a network of any meaningful size, this lesson is calibrated to you. We assume basic familiarity with TCP/IP and Wi-Fi terminology, and skip the textbook detours.
About the instructor
Y5 Field Team draws on real Y5 Enterprises deployments across hotels, schools, warehouses, and BFSI branches. Every recommendation in this lesson has been pressure-tested on at least three live sites.
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