Definitely don't blame you. Sounds like your campus designers have no
experience with IT issues and solutions.
Harry Rauch Sr. Network Analyst Eckerd College 4200 - 54th Ave S St.
Petersburg, FL 33711
On 5/12/15 1:54 PM, Howard, Christopher wrote:
They are based out of Chattanooga so of course we have had discussions
with them. We decided against APs in lights for a number of reasons.
1. We are an Aruba shop. We want a seamless roaming experience for
our users and feel that multiple vendor networks would hinder that.
We also have 1 wireless admin for the entire campus and don't have
the manpower to manage a separate wireless network.
2. They wanted to put security cameras on the lights as well. Since
we use separate vlans for cameras and APs, we would need a switch.
However, the only switch they would put in the light was unmanageable.
3. They didn't want to run cable from the lights back to our network
and instead wanted to use EPB (our local ISP) fiber to just give them
an IP on the internet and we could just "open our firewall" to let
them in.
Needless to say, our lights are strictly for lighting.
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*Christopher Howard*
Senior Network Engineer
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga/
/
/Helping Students Achieve Excellence through Technology/
christopher-how...@utc.edu
423-425-1773
From: <Watters>, John <john.watt...@ua.edu <mailto:john.watt...@ua.edu>>
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] FW: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outdoor APs
I do have a number of Cisco 1142 APs that I could play with.
I don't even see how any AP can be mounted in the glass globe. Surely
they are not just set inside leaning against the inside of the globe.
Does anyone use exterior lighting by GlobalGreenLighting with wireless
APs in each device?
-jcw UA Logo
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John Watters The University of Alabama
Office of Information Technology
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*From:*Philippe Hanset [mailto:phan...@anyroam.net]
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2015 11:43 AM
*To:* Watters, John
*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outdoor APs
John,
When I was at UTK we installed APs outdoor in PVC electrical boxes in
the sun and they “survived”
the elements for at least 4 years. We felt comfortable doing this
because we used recycled APs or “cheap APs” that would have
not wasted State funds had it failed miserably. At least request from
the assistant CIO to stress test a unit before going in production.
Don’t you have older 802.11n Cisco APs that you could use for a sample
configuration?
Philippe
Philippe Hanset
www.anyroam.net <http://www.anyroam.net>
On May 12, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu
<mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu>> wrote:
I guess that would be my first concern- why mixing systems? Are
the Ruckus just supposed to be workgroup bridges in this case or
actual client serving APs? I'm guessing anything could be
cobbed together, but this sounds wonky. Also, heat has to be a
concern in the light globe, no?
*Lee H. Badman*
Network Architect/Wireless TME
ITS, Syracuse University
315.443.3003
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<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of Watters,
John <john.watt...@ua.edu <mailto:john.watt...@ua.edu>>
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No. We are a Cisco shop.
-jcw <image004.jpg>
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Are you already a Ruckus shop?
*Lee H. Badman*
Network Architect/Wireless TME
ITS, Syracuse University
315.443.3003
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*Subject:*[WIRELESS-LAN] Outdoor APs
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 <image003.jpg>
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