We have use similar things to others like L brackets or custom made brackets to fit our installation, but they might not look so pretty on a wall. In some cases we have simply installed the AP's vertically.
It's not like they don't operate when vertical, from my understanding the recommendation is due to the radio pattern being designed for horizontal mounting. So you could do a vertical installation so long as you design the coverage correctly. I'm not sure what impact this could have on things like location services though. Another option could be to put a "design a pretty enclosure" competition to the art students :) -- Jason Cook Technology Services The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vlade Ristevski Sent: Thursday, 24 October 2013 1:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Horizontal AP mounting options Hello All, I was doing a little research on Cisco's site about mounting options and came across this guide: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/technology/apdeploy/Cisco_Aironet.html . We are deploying a bunch of 1602's and 2602's and they recommend mounting them horizontally. There are areas where they need to be wall mounted and none of the ceiling mounts or brackets are an option. They recommend the Oberon P/N 1029-00, . It looks a bit overpriced for what it is and ugly IMO. http://www.oberonwireless.com/hard-lid_wall-mounted-access-point-enclosures.php http://www.provantage.com/oberon-1029-00~7OBER009.htm <http://www.provantage.com/oberon-1029-00%7E7OBER009.htm> Does anyone know of any other options? Thanks, -- Vlad Ristevski Network Manager Ramapo College ********** 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/.
