We're a Ruckus shop and we love the products. We used to be a Cisco shop. I would be very concerned about the following just to name a few: -mixing vendors because you introduce confusion and complexity; -the cables to the AP running along the electrical cables, might introduce interference plus what does turning the light on do to the AP and wifi service/customer experience? -every time you open the light globe/case to perform maintenance you might introduce issues to either piece equipment; -unqualified personnel touching your wifi equipment while fixing the light fixture (provided IT doesn't fix light fixtures); This alone gives me goosebumps. In our experience you might spend a little bit more money to do it right in the first place, but in the long run it's actually going to save you money and personnel time. Just my two cents. HTH. On May 12, 2015 08:54, "Watters, John" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Our facilities folks are installing new outdoor LED lighting. They want us > to install APs inside of the light fixtures (not the poles, but inside of > the glass light globe). The AP they want us to use is a Ruckus ZoneFlex > T300 series device. (See: > http://www.ruckuswireless.com/products/zoneflex-outdoor/zoneflex-t300-series > ) > > > > Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with this equipment > installed inside of exterior light fixtures? I need someone to talk to. > > > > Does anyone have any outside deployments that put the APs inside of the > light fixtures using any brand of equipment? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -jcw > [image: UA Logo] > > > > > John Watters The University of Alabama > > Office of Information > Technology > > 205-348-3992 > > > ********** 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/.
