How Many Square Feet does Cox Panoramic Wifi Cover?
Cox Panoramic Wifi is a fast and effective wifi mesh system by Cox Communications that is perfect for full home coverage. However, it raises the question of how extensive an area a given asset can protect. As seen in Panoramic Wifi, multiple access points can be employed to create a network and this would be very useful for a very large home or a small business. In this article, I’ll briefly discuss the factors that affect the coverage area of Panoramic Wifi and its approximate coverage range.
This section aims to identify and discuss any factors that might influence the coverage area of wifi.
The coverage area for any wifi network, including Panoramic Wifi, depends on several key factors:
- The application standard and operational frequencies – Use of newer standards such as wifi 6 and use of less busy frequencies such as 5ghz provides a wider coverage range compared to wifi 4. They were built using the most current standards while using the best frequencies.
- Multiple access points – Wifi points joining in a network like Panoramic Wifi to provide more points of connection from a single wifi router increases the coverage area significantly. That is why having more points allows for better coverage of the entire area.
- Interference - Devices having thick walls, metallic objects, appliances, and wireless signal disturbance by other devices minimize the range. This results in improved coverage since the signal will have fewer obstacles as it transmits from one base station to the other.
- Transmit power of access points – This means that an increase in the power that is used in the signal transmission makes wifi signals go further and even pass through walls thus making the coverage zone larger. Cox uses high-power enterprise-grade access points in the Panoramic systems.
Based on the above discussion on the Panoramic Wifi Coverage Area, the following assessment is made.
While a few variables make estimating exact coverage difficult, we can piece together some reasonable assumptions on Panoramic Wifi coverage based on the technical capabilities of its mesh hardware:
- The Panoramic access point coverage ranges from one access point that covers an area of approximately 1500 square feet. This presupposes some degrees of hindrance and thwarting.
- With each new satellite within the given mesh network, it is reasonable to presume that an area of around 1,500 additional square footage is being considered.
- It covers a potentially wider area if the house or the business has an open plan rather than a house full of tiny rooms and obstacles. Open spaces offer better coverage area in comparison with closed areas.
Thus, for instance, a 3-point Panoramic system furnished with a modem/router and 2 satellites can accommodate about 4200 sq. ft of a normal home. A larger number of satellites would enhance this coverage.
The suggested Panoramic access point may cover up to 3000 sq ft or more in perfect conditions with few sources of interference and where the layout is open with little or no obstructions between access points as in the examples above. Thus, that 3-piece system might adequately provide 9,000 sq ft or, a floor in a commercial block. However, this would be in very optimal conditions so that the discovery of an unfavorable situation by the audit can lead to a decision to address the existing problem.
Therefore, according to our estimates:
- 1 Panoramic router/modem: The first type of plan is ideal for a single or two-bedroom house, or up to 1,500 square footage.
- 2 Point System (1 router/1 satellite): The collecting unit in rural, suburban, or metropolitan areas may be a single structure up to 3,000 square feet in size.
- 3 Point System (1 router/2 satellites): Up to 4,500 sq. ft., the garbage disposal system shall be compatible with the local plumbing codes.
- 4 Point System (1 router/3 satellites): The size of the building that can be designed in coordination with the fire department is 6,000 square feet or less.
Similarly, each satellite adds 1,500 sqft in a normal environment and up to 3,000 sqft if the environment is near perfect with few hindrances in between.
Other factors such as the kind of construction in walls, the separation between satellites, and any interferences from local wireless networks will however have a big say in the actual results. The materials such as brick and concrete walls will contain signals while open bedrooms and open living rooms will allow signals to pass through. However, in a general aspect, a Panoramic mesh wifi system can cover most average-sized homes and possibly warehouses, offices, clinics, and retail outlets with area sizes under 10,000 square feet. The fact is that by increasing the number of satellites, it is possible to continue the growth of the physical platform.
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Cox has an added service of Panoramic Wifi that includes physical setup and installation by a Cox technician who will help to physically design and plan the home to place the mesh routers/satellites to achieve wall-to-wall coverage of the defined areas. Technicians detail planning with the Cox Homelife app for arranging the cables so clients can have full coverage across their homes for stable wireless signals starting from the front door to the backyard. Panoramic makes extending coverage as necessary at a later stage easier since the capacity to add satellites is provided but at the operator’s discretion.
Thus, although it is not easy to determine concrete maximum coverage capacities, which can be achieved by Panoramic Wifi, with its help, out of the box and using enterprise-class hardware, it is possible to establish rather solid connectivity across several thousand square meters with relative ease while having expansion possibilities within hands. There was great attention to detail when it came to positioning and mesh technology to provide strong wifi signals to every room in homes and buildings. Get in touch with the Cox representatives to assess the client’s requirements for full coverage of their premises.
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