Abstract

This study was conducted in Campus 2 Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang (PNUP) which doesn’t have a wireless network infrastructure, while already used since the academic year of 2015/2016. Based on such condition, we proposed a design of wireless network which considers the coverage area and capacity. The results showed that the design of wireless network based on coverage area required 15 units Access Point for Jurusan Teknik Elektro (JTE) , 20 units Access Point for Jurusan Akuntansi (JAK), and 19 units Access Point for Jurusan Administrasi Niaga (JAN). While for the design of wireless networks based on coverage area and capacity required 20 units Access Point for JTE, 25 units Access Point for JAK, and 25 units Access Point for JAN. The results indicate that the design of the Access Point placement on Campus 2 PNUP should consider the coverage area and capacity, due to the design that only considers the coverage area can only meet 77.00% the need of Access Point.

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