no but you can use this: http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-Power-Over-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B0000Y7W98
We made a cost analysis for our dorms way back in 2006-07 about Controller based architecture or doing our own open-wrt. Much cheaper up front, but we didn't want to deal with the management aspect (channels, etc...). Philippe Univ. of TN, Knoxville On Nov 11, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Matthew Gracie wrote: > On 11/11/2011 11:58 AM, Coehoorn, Joel wrote: >>> If we could provide great / sufficient / pervasive "non-wired" >> coverage using >>> $40 AP instead of $400 Cisco AP, resident might not want to bring in their >>> own $40 AP. >> >> Actually, you can do that. Those cheap $40 access points can be easily >> reconfigured to act as a thick access point by just turning off dhcp, >> setting a static IP in the correct range, and connecting your uplink >> line to a LAN port rather than the WAN port. Spend about $100 on a >> nice buffalo that supports dd-wrt with a customized config file ready to >> load, and you can get something close to a vendor system for less than >> 1/4 the price. >> >> Of course, that means doing a lot of leg work yourself: configuring >> access points, setting up subnets/zones, multiple ssids, security, and >> every change means a manual deployment to individual access points. I'd >> love to see a feature added to dd-wrt that allows polling a config >> server for those. >> >> But the really big thing you give up here is the reporting. You can make >> up for some of that with existing syslog or gateway reporting tools, but >> some of the information you'd get from a controller-based solution is >> just not replaceable. >> > > Slightly off-topic, but are there any consumer level APs that support > Power-over-Ethernet? That would be the huge sticking point for me, and > I'm sure I'm not alone. Most people haven't run AC to their ceiling data > drops. > > -- > Matt Gracie (716) 888-8378 > Information Security Administrator grac...@canisius.edu > Canisius College ITS Buffalo, NY > http://www2.canisius.edu/~graciem/graciem_public_key.gpg > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
