↔️Switching and Cabling
Add switches to calculate PoE, port, and cabling requirements
To add a network switch, select Network infrastructure under the Network section on the left.
The Add Network Infrastructure pane will open on the right.
Select the applicable Type of network equipment from the drop down.
Optional: Customize the name, number of ports, and power budget for the device.
Click on the map at the desired location to place the specified wired network equipment.
To view power and port usage info, select one of the wired network infrastructure devices on the floorplan. The usage info will be show on the right.
To view power, port, and cabling details for the network click on Power & Cabling Details.
This will provide a detailed power, port, & cabling report for the entire network infrastructure.
Specifying the mounting height of switching equipment and wired clients isn't currently supported, so all cabling measurements estimates are based on the switching equipment, cable runs and wired clients being at floor level.
As AP mounting height is supported this is taken into account when calculating cable runs. E.G. if an AP is mounted at 10m/30ft then the cable run estimate will add that amount to account for cabler drop to floorlevel.
To ensure cable runs aren't underestimated the tool adds 10% extra to runs that pass through a cable tray and 20% to those that don't.
Switch Redundancy
In Hamina Network Planner, it is possible to plan the network for switch redundancy, and to quickly simulate the effects of a switch outage on the wireless network.
To plan for switch redundancy:
Plan the wireless network, and place switches on the map.
Press Ctrl + A or ⌘ + A, and select the Access Points filter to select all of the access points on the map.
In the Edit Access Points pane, connect all of the access points to a specific switch.
Click on an empty place on the map to de-select all access points.
Hold down the Shift key, and click on all of the access points that you would like to connect to another switch. If the Coverage heatmap is enabled, you can see what the selected access points are covering.
Back in the Edit Access Points pane, connect the selected access points to another switch.
Optionally, assign a different color to all of the APs that are connected to the alternate switch, which makes them easier to identify later.
Viewing Switch Coverage
With the Coverage heatmap enabled, select a switch to filter the heatmap to the access points connected to the switch.
Renumbering Switches
The process for renumbering switches is identical and uses the same function as renumbering access points.
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