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• Mounting above the ceiling: Mounting FAP-U433F above the ceiling is restricted to the For-
tiAP either facing up or facing down; mounting FAP-U433F vertically is not allowed.
• To protect your device from unauthorized removal, use the Kensington™ Security Slot to
attach a cable lock (not included).
Planning AP Location
It is a good practice to conduct a sitesurvey to assess coverage area and look for problem
areas such as poor RF coverage or high retries. Fortinet enables customers to easily com-
plete a sitesurvey right from within the FAP-U43xF.
Sitesurvey
Fortinet sitesurvey is a simple tool that aids in network planning to find the right placement
(mounting location) of APs such that clients connected to these APs receive high throughput,
excellent coverage. To find the right placement of your AP, connect your Wi-Fi client to the AP
that is in the sitesurvey mode and move around the deployment perimeter to identify areas
that provide good connectivity (based on the results from the sitesurvey tool) to the Wi-Fi cli-
ent. You can adjust the placement of the AP depending on the sitesurvey results.
FAP-U43xF has a built in mechanism to perform a sitesurvey of a 11ax network that provide
you with true validation of AP placement and RF coverage. Some of the benefits of using the
sitesurvey features include:
• Fast and easy way to validate 11ax design
• No controller required while taking measurements at different floors and locations in the
building
• Surveys using laptop or tablet or mobile phone
• Easy-to-use web UI for setting up and measuring survey data
• Real time RSSI, S/N ratio, 802.11 Tx and Rx rates
• Simple 3-step process - connect, configure, and monitor
Using CLI
To get started with sitesurvey follow the simple procedure:
Enabling Sitesurvey
sitesurvey enable
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