] Mount hidden or in plain view in dorms?
Our's are in plain sight and we have a problem with students unplugging the
ethernet cable from them on a very regular basis. We are going to try moving
them into dorm rooms (still in plain sight) so we're hoping that by doing this
it will deter people
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[mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Marcelo Lew
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mount hidden or in plain view in dorms?
We used
Our's are in plain sight and we have a problem with students unplugging the
ethernet cable from them on a very regular basis. We are going to try moving
them into dorm rooms (still in plain sight) so we're hoping that by doing this
it will deter people from messing with them since we'll know
-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Marcelo Lew
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mount hidden or in plain view in dorms?
We used to put APs inside enclosures (ceiling or wall mounted), but when
upgrading to Aruba we
Funny you mention that story. We purchased over a hundred AP-2000
access points from Proxim (was Lucent). These were 802.11b and used
PCMCIA cards as well. The idea was that we could simply upgrade the
cards when we wanted 802.11g. However, despite the original plan we
never upgraded those
06, 2010 2:57 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mount hidden or in plain view in dorms?
Funny you mention that story. We purchased over a hundred AP-2000
access points from Proxim (was Lucent). These were 802.11b and used
PCMCIA cards as well. The idea
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mount hidden or in plain view in dorms?
We used to put APs inside enclosures (ceiling or wall mounted), but when
upgrading to Aruba we decided to go out in the open not to deal with external
antennas. Moreover, the ceiling enclosures block some RF
We have many exposed access points here at PSU, including in our dorms. We
haven't had any instances of vandalism or theft of access points in the 6
years I've been here.
--
Tamarack Birch-wheeles
Network Engineer
Portland State University - Networking and Telecommunications
Phone: (503)725-3201
We are using Cisco 1142's mounted below the ceiling, and have not
had problems with vandalism, we currently have 736 of these units.
We use 1142's for external coverage, with antennas flush mounted to
exterior walls.
Art
On 12/2/2010 2:33 PM, Fleming, Tony
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*Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Mount hidden or in plain view in dorms?
Crew,
We hide our access points above ceiling grids. Our logic is the
devices are out of site and less prone to vandalism (in fact we have
had zero vandalism).
One concern that has been expressed by our wireless
3:25 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mount hidden or in plain view in dorms?
We've mounted them below the ceiling from the very first installations with the
exceptions of some access points serving antennas on the building exterior.
We have experienced less
Here at Indiana University we have had exposed access points in dorms for a
number of years with little or no vandalism. We did have one interesting
problem. In some areas access points are installed in student rooms. We found
that some of these access points were being disconnected at night
On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:40:08 -0500, Peter P Morrissey
ppmor...@syr.edu said:
We've talked about doing this in some cases. Do you paint over the lights
by any chance?
This came up in a case where we have AP's that might need to be installed
above a stage in a darkened theatre where a light show
At Nyack, our 90 + units are on the walls within reach of the students
for the most part, we don't have the option of putting them in a drop
ceiling in most cases anyway. None have gone missing or been
vandalized. In one dorm there is the problem of the cable being
unplugged and used for
University of South Florida
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[mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Furia
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mount hidden or in plain view in dorms?
Crew,
We hide our access points above ceiling grids. Our logic is the devices are out
of site and less prone
I remember one case of vandalism. It was back in 2004 and we were
using Enterasys R2 units (They used PCMCIA cards), when the G spectrum
was just becoming popular.
One enterprising student removed the Enterasys 802.11b card, and
replaced it with an 802.11g card. Unfortunately for the student,
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