Originally Posted by mfdc

Thankyou very much. Some good advice there, its not that I dont know what I'm doing in IT, its just I've never installed access points before and Wi-Fi in general I've only experienced as a consumer. When some mentioned ask the IT dept I AM the IT dept!!! I also realise that its a severe backdoor and the ideal solution would be to have a seperate wireless network but doing this eases the strain on the switches without forking out for a new one doesnt it??? Certain staff 'hot desk' so it would be advantageous to them, and if I add encryption and set passwords from the default ( most people dont bother ) surley that is reasonable.?????

I do intend to purchase some reference material, and also we have a third party company to physically install the points in good locations to ensure full building coverage, but is it not really as straighforward then as I first thought ? I am aware though of the security risks, were also connected to a european WAN so I suppose it might not be the brightest thing to do!!!!