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Manually Place an AP on a Floorplan

date_range 03-Mar-25

If you're not using autoplacement, manually position your access points (APs) on your floorplan.

Before You Begin

Install your access points (APs) and claim or adopt them into your organization.

Obtain the following information about each AP:

The MAC address of the AP
The actual position of the AP at the site
The height of the AP (the distance between the floor and the AP)
The orientation of the AP

To visualize the concept of orientation, stand below the AP and mentally draw a line from the Juniper Mist logo through the LED to an endpoint such as the nearest wall. Make a note of that endpoint (“The LED points to the north wall.”) This information will help you to correctly indicate the orientation on the floorplan in the Juniper Mist portal.

The following figure shows the location of the LED on an AP.

From the left menu of the Juniper Mist portal, select Location > Live View.
Select the site and the floorplan.
To ensure that APs appear on the floorplan:
1. Click the Settings button (near the top right corner of the page).
2. Select the check boxes to show BT11 and Wi-Fi APs.
3. Close the Location Settings window.
Click Set Up Floorplan.
Click the APs tab (on the right side of the page).
Under Available APs, drag an AP into position on the floorplan.
Ensure that the position on the floorplan corresponds to its actual position at your site.
In the Selected Access Point section, check the MAC address of the AP. Ensure that you have selected the correct AP for this area of the floorplan.
To set the orientation, drag the green dot so that it represents the actual orientation of the LED on the AP. You can also click Edit in the Selected Access Point section, and then enter the Rotation in degrees.

Note:
In the Before You Begin section, we imagined drawing a line from the Juniper Mist logo through the LED to an endpoint on the north wall. Here, we drag the green dot so that it aligns with that imaginary path.
Set the AP height:
1. Click the AP.
2. Click Edit in the Selected Access Point section.
3. Enter the height of the AP in meters.
4. Click Save.
Continue to add APs until the Available APs list is empty.
Click Save (near the top right corner of the page).

Next Steps

As a final step in setting up your floorplan, Validate Your Floorplan.

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