This podcast presents a taped interview with Mike Sale from Trapeze Networks, to inform network designers, planners and installers of important considerations in planning to help them optimize combined network performance and reduce project costs. When installing or upgrading a structured cabling plant, IT departments can achieve significant time and money savings by determining their wireless LAN (WLAN) requirements and folding them into the project right from the start. This interview will reveal recommendations and tips for accomplishing this by discussing: considerations for the wiring closet, identification of all network requirements, trends and tools for planning the placement of Access Points, decision factors to consider for combined networks, technology trends and standards, power level requirements, cable deployment and many other factors that impact the optimization of performance and reliability of combine wired and wireless networks. The addition of Trapeze Networks to the Belden Total Enterprise Networks™ family of signal transmission solutions positions Belden as the only leading brand to manufacture both a wired and wireless network infrastructure.