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Wi-Fi Requirements & SpecifcationsWhy do I need a good quality wireless network? With our Barcoding & Warehousing solution your warehouse staff will be moving around your warehouse areas with racking, walls and boxes full of various materials that will endeavour to obstruct the Wi-Fi signal strength. Basic wireless network infrastructures do not allow the wireless devices to jump from access point to access point without any loss of data, causing them to reload data or interfere with the use of the application. To avoid this, it is important to put in a suitable wireless network infrastructure. For small warehouses, a single wireless router or access point located centrally may be suffcient to provide good coverage throughout the entire area, so please get advice and a survey before spending more than you need to.We have put together two examples for Warehouse Wif setup below.Interference, Data Tunneling and Seamless Roaming are the biggest factors to consider and both of the below solutions manage it all. The biggest difference is that Cisco is all Cloud Managed and Subscription based, whereas Ruckus is perpetual. NB: Sicon do not provide any barcoding hardware or wireless network infrastructure, but we can offer advice and recommend suppliers who are experts in this feld if you require assistance. Ruckus Wireless Infrastructure for Warehouse Barcode Systems There are a few things to consider when you want mobility with wireless and even more so when you need it in a warehouse.Ruckus’ Zonefex - Making WiFi Work in Hostile RF Environments: In warehouses, getting wireless to function as it’s supposed to can be diffcult. Between huge areas flled with metal racks, a myriad of handheld WiFi devices, moving vehicles, constantly-changing environmental conditions and no pervasive Ethernet network, connectivity is an enormous challenge. Ruckus offers users:• MOBILITY! All clients connected to access points are bridged to the Zone Director for seamless roaming, (Data Tunneling).• Industrial-strength WiFi that provides longer-range signals that can be steered around obstacles and interference.• More fexible deployment options with Smart Mesh Networking that eliminates the requirement to run Ethernet cable to connect wireless access points.• Ubiquitous WiFi coverage with fewer wireless access points, for lower CAPEX.• Indoor and outdoor Smart WiFi wireless access points that are managed as a unifed system.• Centralized control of ZoneFlex Smart WiFi wireless access points.• Powerful, yet simple controlled guest networking capabilities.• Automatic interference avoidance with BeamFlex.• Integrated into every Smart WiFi wireless access point is a sophisticated high-gain directional antenna system, which constantly focuses and directs WiFi.Source: http://micro.ruckuswireless.com/enterprises/warehousing