{"id":4193,"date":"2017-12-22T20:56:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T20:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/?p=4193"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:52:16","slug":"how-to-perform-a-wifi-network-planning-survey-with-a-limited-number-of-wi-fi-routers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/how-to-perform-a-wifi-network-planning-survey-with-a-limited-number-of-wi-fi-routers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to perform a WiFi Network Planning survey using one physical router"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beginning with version 3, NetSpot offers a fully functional WiFi Planning mode<\/a> for when you need to plan an entirely new wireless network in a location that may have not even been built yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, sometimes there is a need to plan a network in an already existing space with an existing WiFi router that can be used to model multiple routers of the same brand and model for the most precise WiFi Planning survey reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

So here is how to plan your WiFi network with as little as one portable router.<\/span><\/p>\n

For this type of Survey use a regular Survey mode<\/a>, not the Planning one.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Click Create New\u2026<\/b>to start a new project. Name it and add an optional description. Choose to either draw or upload the floor plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Start<\/p>\n

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    1. After drawing or uploading a plan and calibrating it, set the data point precision. The larger and more open your surveyed space is, the less frequent sampling stops you need to take. The larger space with bigger object density will need more data points however for more precise heatmaps. Decide whether you\u2019ll be running Active scanning and which networks you are going to run it for. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Place your single router in its first presumed location, take a few samples, and then move with it to the next location of a data point. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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