Nick,
We are looking at doing this at out campus and the way we have decided to
get power to them is a Small POE switch in the light pole. And now we are
running into the problem where our physical plant is only running 120V to the
pole so now we have to look into how we are going to power the switch.
CHRISTOPHER ALLISON
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues
Hector,
I am curious to know how you are connecting the 1530's to power. We are right
now all 155X's for the outdoor AP's but I was looking at the 1530's because
their price point was better. The one thing I was concerned with though was
that they are DC power input vs AC power input. For many locations we have the
AP mounted on a building so this is ok but we have several in a mesh that
connect to our parking lot light poles and I don't know the feasibility of
putting a AD/DC converter in the power pole. Unless I missed it I also didn't
see a outdoor rated converter Cisco sells for these. So I am curious to know
your experience with powering them.
Nick Ciesinski
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
From: Hector J Rios <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
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Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM
To:
"[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>"
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues
We have used 1520s in the past and they have worked well. We recently installed
a couple of 1530s with external antennas and their coverage is really good. The
plus with the 1530s is their form-factor. The 1520s and the predecessors where
tanks. The 1530s are considerably smaller. Depending on your requirements, the
1530s with internal antennas are very convenient, but you are not going to have
as good of a coverage as the ones with the external antennas.
Finally, consider additional costs for your outdoor deployment. A couple of
years ago we deployed a good number of outdoor mesh radios and the expense for
the power requirements was significant. Other costs to bear in mind are
maintenance. If you hang these radios on poles, know that you will be needing a
lift to get to those radios when they have issues. For us, our contractor
charges a minimum of $500 to get us a bucket truck. And if you live in the
southern states, just pray your radios don’t have issues during the summer.
Otherwise, bring lots of towels and prepare to sweat.
Hector Rios
Louisiana State University
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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues
I would like to ask what everyone is doing for their outdoor areas with respect
to WiFi. We have several very nice venues that would benefit from
connectivity. Some are relatively close to networked buildings and some are
fairly remote from such structures. We are a Cisco shop and are thinking about
installing some AP1532’s but due diligence begs me to pick other brains for
alternative and maybe better ideas.
Tom Stooksberry
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