And if someone were to calculate the labor cost to piece that solution together, the $50 Oberon likely comes out ahead. :(
Jeff On 9/14/15, 5:33 AM, "The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Jon Scot Prunckle" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >I tired to get our Services department to buy-in to the Oberon unit for >several of our more architecturally unique buildings, but there was no >interest due to the cost. I think the Oberon Units are quite nice. > >Currently we have contracted out the cabling portion of our Wi-Fi expansion. >The contractor happens to be a licensed electrical contractor (by state law, >our Network Services department is allowed to pull cable, but is not allowed >to install conduit other than wiremold or a fire-stopping penetration; conduit >must be installed by a licensed, state approved contractor). The electrical >contractor has devised a mount using: >- a wiremold 4 1/2" square by 3 1/2" deep surface mount electrical box >- covered with a 4" square blank plate w/ a 1/2 knock out (with a plastic KO >bushing) and a >- 1/4" mud ring screwed into >- two small angle brackets mounted to the 4" blank plate, and >- mounted to the 1/4" mud ring is a Juniper WLA-BRKT-WALL to which we mount our >- Juniper WLA532-US APs. > >It's convoluted and may not present an ideal solution for many environments. > >Sincerely, > > >J. Scot Prunckle >Network Engineer >UITS Network and Operations Services >University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >Office Mobile: (414) 416-9709 >E-mail: [email protected] > >________________________________________ >From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv ><[email protected]> on behalf of Jeffrey D. Sessler ><[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 5:48 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco AP Horizontal Mounting Bracket > >WE using the Oberon unit. Without the key lock they are very inexpensive and >it’s built such that it’s nearly impossible to use it as a place to hang >cloths (if installed in a room). > >Jeff > > > > >On 9/11/15, 12:03 PM, "The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv >on behalf of Dan Brisson" <[email protected] on behalf of >[email protected]> wrote: > >>Oberon > >********** >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/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
