How we solved our office Wi-Fi problems
Generally pretty solid advice.  I say that as someone who is known for solving tough wireless problems.  :-)<p>On the cable termination part: I&#x27;ve (mostly) stopped crimping cables because I&#x27;ve had too many go flaky and don&#x27;t have 4-5 figure testing equipment.  One thing I&#x27;ll add is that there are ends for solid conductor and stranded, make <i>SURE</i> you have the right ones for the cable you are using.<p>These days I always just put on keystone ends and then use commercial patch cables from there.  I&#x27;ve had very good luck.  I&#x27;d recommend against the advice to use a screw driver to punch them down, the Leviton ones I prefer you just put the cap on and they punch down themselves.  The random ones I get from Ace Hardware have a little punch tool included.<p>One additional recommendation I have is to put 5GHz radios in each space.  5GHz has more spectrum, and less interference, but it penetrates drywall significantly worse.  But that&#x27;s a good thing, because it cuts down on interference from your neighbors.<p>Beware of microwave ovens, baby monitors, cordless phones (last 2 more in residential areas).  They can be intermittent interference, and won&#x27;t show up on the non-commercial spectrum analyzers.  Our 2.4GHz used to go out when we&#x27;d run our brand new microwave.  But it would also go out at other times, possibly when a neighbor ran theirs?  2.4GHz penetrates buildings quite well, which kind of sucks.<p>My credentials: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tummy.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;pycon2012-network&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tummy.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;pycon2012-network&#x2F;</a>