What you get
What a business Wi‑Fi installation includes
A fixed scope with a deliverable at the end of it. Every item below is part of a standard install, not an upsell added once the quote is signed.
Wireless site survey
We walk the floor and measure real signal at real points — including the corners your staff already complain about. Nothing gets mounted from a floor plan alone, because drywall, brick, glass and steel shelving all behave differently.
Wi-Fi 6 access points
802.11ax units sized to the space and the number of devices actually using it. Each one is powered over the same Ethernet cable that carries its traffic, so there is no separate power run and no adapter on a shelf.
Network segmentation
Staff, guest, payment terminals and cameras are placed on separate VLANs. A customer’s laptop on your guest network cannot see your point-of-sale, and a compromised camera cannot reach your accounts.
Structured cabling
Cat6 runs to each access point, terminated, tested and certified before anything carries traffic, and labelled at both ends so the next person can read the install.
Controller and roaming
All access points run from one controller, so a device hands off cleanly as someone walks the floor instead of clinging to the first unit it found until the connection dies.
Monitoring and reporting
We watch the access points from our end and send a plain-English report each month. If a unit drops, we usually know before anyone on your floor does.
How it runs
How we plan coverage
Four visits at most, and you know the number before we order anything.
Walk the floor
We measure signal room by room and note what the building is made of, where power and cable can run, and where people actually work.
Model the layout
From the readings we work out how many access points the space needs and where each one goes — then tell you the number before you commit.
Install and certify
Cable is run and tested, units are mounted and configured, networks are separated, and the whole thing is documented.
Verify and hand over
We survey the floor a second time to prove the coverage, then hand you the drawing, the port map and the credentials.
Symptoms
What a proper install actually fixes
If any of these sound like your building, the problem is placement and segmentation rather than the brand of router.
- Card readers dropping mid-sale in the stockroom
- Video calls failing in the back office but fine at reception
- Staff phones falling back to cellular in the warehouse
- Guest devices saturating the same network your tills use
- Mesh nodes daisy-chained off one another, halving throughput at every hop
- Devices clinging to a distant access point instead of the near one
- Stock scanners that work in one aisle and not the next
- Wi-Fi that is fine at 8am and unusable once the shop fills up
The difference
Business Wi-Fi vs a home router
Consumer gear is built for a family in a house, not a floor of staff and customers. The gap shows up under load, which is exactly when you need it.
| Home router | Business install | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | One point, whatever it reaches | Surveyed and planned room by room |
| Devices | Struggles past 20–30 | Sized to your real device count |
| Guest access | Shares your main network | Separate VLAN, isolated from payments |
| Roaming | Device clings until it drops | Controlled hand-off between units |
| Payments & cameras | All on one flat network | Segmented onto their own |
| When it breaks | You reboot it and hope | Monitored, with a local team to call |
Service area
Where we install business Wi-Fi
We are based in Surrey and work across the Lower Mainland. Survey and installation are on site; monitoring and most day-to-day support are handled remotely.
Questions
Business Wi-Fi questions we get asked
How many access points does my business need?
For most small retail units and offices it is two to four. The number depends on floor area, construction and how many devices connect at once — a 2,000 sq ft office with drywall partitions needs fewer than a 2,000 sq ft shop with a concrete stockroom. The survey answers it properly instead of guessing high.
What does a Wi-Fi site survey involve?
We walk your floor with measurement equipment and record actual signal strength at points across the building, including the places people report problems. It takes an hour or two for a typical small business and produces a coverage map showing where signal fails and why.
Is business Wi-Fi really different from a home router?
Yes, in three ways that matter: it handles many more simultaneous devices, it lets you separate guest and payment traffic from staff traffic, and multiple access points co-operate so devices hand off as people move. A home router does none of those things.
Can I just use a mesh system instead?
Sometimes, in a small open space. Mesh nodes talk to each other wirelessly, so each hop costs you roughly half the available throughput, and they rarely offer proper network separation. Where cable can be run, wired access points are faster, steadier and usually cheaper over their life.
How long does a business Wi-Fi installation take?
A typical small business install is one day on site once the cable runs are agreed, plus the survey visit beforehand. Larger or multi-floor sites take longer, and we schedule cabling around your opening hours so the floor is not disrupted.
Do I need a separate guest network?
If customers or visitors connect to your Wi-Fi, yes. Guests on your main network can potentially reach your point-of-sale, your files and your cameras. A separate guest VLAN takes no extra hardware — it is a configuration decision made at install time.
Next step
Let's walk your floor.
A survey is one visit. We measure what you actually have, mark where it fails, and tell you how many units it really takes. Nothing owed afterwards.