Otherwise known as pride in the original seven Deadly Sins, this can trip up any organization. IT professionals have always been reluctant to seek outside help in areas where they lack expertise. It makes sense to keep a strategic system project like wireless in-house and to develop internal expertise with it.
But the reality is that many network professionals lack technical experience with analog RF as a physical-layer medium. Unlike conventional copper and fiber-based LANs with structured wiring systems that provide ultra-high physical-layer reliability, WLANs are susceptible to interference and, therefore, are inherently unreliable.
If you lack experience and don't have the luxury of time to learn from your mistakes, seek outside help, even if your primary goal is to hire experts to teach you how to be self-sufficient. If your inexperienced technicians conduct wireless site surveys without the proper training and support, you're wasting your time. An undetected line of interference can ruin your wireless implementation. So don't let your pride get in the way.
4. Miscalculating the ROI
There's no easy formula for calculating the return on investment of wireless systems. In some cases--like when you avoid the cost of wiring by installing a wireless LAN--the cost-benefit analysis is clear. But in most cases, the math is fuzzier.
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