Thanks, fellows. The goal is something that can be neatly packaged for weather and put in a tent or a parking lot or whatever, mesh from nearby for local use like handheld scanners, etc. So compactness and such count.
On the UPS, your using AC outlet to injector, yes? -Lee Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Adjunct Instructor, iSchool Syracuse University 315 443-3003 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Walczak Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 3:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups? An image flashed Cisco 3500i will drain an APC 1500VA UPS in 2.5 - 3.0 hours :( less if you add a controller.... On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Chuck Enfield <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I've done about 6 hours of site survey with a dual-radio 802.11a/g AP (estimated 9 Watts) using a consumer-grade 350VA UPS that cost about $50. It's not that the UPS died after 6 hours, it's just that that's all I needed on battery. I don't know how long it could have gone. Chuck Enfield Sr. Communications Engineer Telecommunications & Networking Services The Pennsylvania State University 110H, USB2, UP, PA 16802 ph: 814.863.8715<tel:814.863.8715> fx: 814.865-3988<tel:814.865-3988> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 2:59 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups? Wondering if anyone has put together (or found commercially) a non-behemoth battery solution for deploying mesh APs for X number of hours, for event support? -Lee Badman ********** 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/. -- Ron Walczak PMP, RCDD, CWNA/CWSP Walczak Technology Consultants, Inc (724) 865-2740 I plan to live forever - so far, so good! "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." - Herbert Spencer Anyone can count the seeds in an apple; but only God can count the apples in a seed. ********** 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/.
