Rand
Thanks, I had not read Princeton’s pt of view on it yet. I wish we had such a
statement on our website.
I am well aware that many authorities have ruled that RF wasn’t a health
hazard. However convincing the res hall management is still an ongoing process.
Students all want good Wi-Fi but
No one has complained about “glowing” in the 5 years I have put AP’s in rooms.
I think it is more in line with “I have an AP in my room, I’m better than you”
“Faster WiFI!”
Going forward, I have worked in 2 schools, we did the “G” rollout down the
center of the hallways. While still having
Can anyone share the mounting brackets for either 702w or 1810w that you’re
using? It sounds like some have a bracket or enclosure that surrounds either
the whole AP or at least obscures the ethernet ports.
Is it just the standard mount or something extra or 3rd party?
> On Oct 27, 2016, at
Weve got about 200 or so 702W deployed in various rooms. Weve had no
issues with them being damaged, disappearing, or being knocked off the
walls. They are mounted down low, even, around the same height as an
electrical outlet. So far, no one has complained of I dont feel so well,
etc. We
We just finished up our residential deployment this past summer. One Cisco 702
AP in every room (the 1810s weren't ready when we deployed). We pulled the
existing cable up to around 6.5 ft and mounted the AP so it wouldn't get
damaged (as much). We disable the Ethernet ports but the mounting
Semi-related question: have any students complained of the good old “Since
there’s an AP in my room, I don’t feel so good, etc etc”?
If so, did you remove/relocate said AP?
It’s been an argument here as to why placing APs in rooms is avoided...
Manon Lessard
Technicienne en développement de
We did a pilot in one of our reshalls last year with the 702W (the 1810w
predecessor) with ~135 of them. We had around 3 that were knocked off of the
wall. This academic year, we renovated 4 rehalls with a full 702w deployment
(~500 APs), and haven’t seen any drop offline yet because of
Our experience is in line with this statement. We use the Cisco 702 APs and
have found when they do get knocked off of the wall the APs do not suffer any
damage. I have seen a couple of messed up mounting brackets but the APs
themselves were still working just fine. This has occurred about 4 or
Due to the room density and building materials (cement block) we put one in
each room.
We got a good deal from Cisco and the cost was about 1/3 of a full power AP.
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What's the density of these? With 700 beds, it doesn't sound like one AP per
room. Just curious about the trade-offs in cost vs coverage compared to more
traditional APs.
Thomas Carter
Network & Operations Manager / IT
Austin College
900 North Grand Avenue
Sherman, TX 75090
Phone: 903-813-2564
The AP's are pretty sturdy. The mounting kits we used, those get knocked about
and will require repair. Past experience with wall wart (boxes that stick out)
in dorm rooms is that the mountings will get bashed about ~10%
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Not to speak for Hector, but I think the concern here is physical damage.
That's an interesting topic as here we're used to ceiling mount APs that are
generally out of the way. However, we have a few hallway phones (admittedly
higher on the wall), and probably 15%-20% get damaged or knocked off
We've deployed around 150 or so in one complex although we're fortunate to have
them mounted just to the left or right of the door at about waist level. Still
have the concerns about getting knocked around with furniture, but so far so
good.
Hopefully the DNS discovery issues have been
They are designed to cover the room itself. Rollins has found that it does do
that, even with the furniture covering it.
It actually helps limit the signal propagation (2.4).
Ian
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One of my biggest concerns has always been the height at which these WAPs get
installed (as you mentioned, 1.5ft). In most of our residential buildings, the
data ports happen to be right behind desks that are provided by ResLife and the
desks have covers in the back that essentially would bump
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