RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues
Sorry to bring up an old thread but I have some current questions as I'm tasked with deploying wireless to cover some outdoor space. I've been considering the 1532i as well but after looking at the Cisco data sheet I noticed it is the only Outdoor model that doesn't support Client Link or Clean air. Does anyone have a negative view on this model not supporting those features? Possibly that is why the price point is so sweet. Ken DeShong Network Engineer USF Health Information Systems Desk: 813-396-9472 Fax: 813-974-5198 Amazing Things Happen When You Connect the Unconnected -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ciesinski, Nick Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 6:08 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 hr...@lsu.edumailto:hr...@lsu.edu Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 ** 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/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues
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 Network Engineer I Information Technology Mail Code 4622 625 Wham Drive Carbondale, Illinois 62901 chris.m.alli...@siu.edu P: 618 / 453 - 8415 F: 618 / 453 - 5261 INFOTECH.SIU.EDU Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU on behalf of Ciesinski, Nick ciesi...@uww.edu Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:08 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 hr...@lsu.edumailto:hr...@lsu.edu Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 ** 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/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues
The 1530s we have installed are in a single building. They were mounted directly on the exterior walls. So power was not an issue as we used PoE . We have not mounted any 1530s on poles yet. Have you looked at the AP adapter? I think this is what you need if you were to mount it to a pole. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/1530/power/guide/1530pwradpt.html -Hector -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ciesinski, Nick Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 5:08 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 hr...@lsu.edumailto:hr...@lsu.edu Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 ** 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/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues
We have been using the power adapter listed above for our 1532's on pole mounts with success. Essentially we place the power adapter in a NEMA box and mount the radio to the outside of the NEMA box. The hard part for us is all of our light poles run on photo cells so the existing power at the light is not available during the day. We have to pull a separate power feed to each pole. Matt On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Hector J Rios hr...@lsu.edu wrote: The 1530s we have installed are in a single building. They were mounted directly on the exterior walls. So power was not an issue as we used PoE . We have not mounted any 1530s on poles yet. Have you looked at the AP adapter? I think this is what you need if you were to mount it to a pole. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/1530/power/guide/1530pwradpt.html -Hector -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ciesinski, Nick Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 5:08 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 hr...@lsu.edumailto:hr...@lsu.edu Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 ** 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/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Matt O'Brien Manager/Communications Engineer Boise State University 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725-1249 Phone: (208) 426 4068 ** Participation
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While Matt O'Brien touched on it.. I just wanted to point this out. The Cisco outdoor AP line has always had a streetlight tap, for the 1530 series, it's AIR-PWR-ST-LT-R3P= You remove the photocell off the streetlight, this plugs into the photocell socket, and then the photocell is plugged into the socket on the adapter. It's pretty neat. The one's I put up 8 years ago are still up there (1510's) and cranking away. Yes, the older ones were TANKS. In my area, when I went onto a public street, we were required to get an electrician who had a certain certification to access the power poles. I forget what the cert was, but the power company required it. (We worked out an agreement where we put AP's on the electric companies Streetlights, and paid them a set amount of rent per month) On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Matt O'Brien mattobr...@boisestate.edu wrote: We have been using the power adapter listed above for our 1532's on pole mounts with success. Essentially we place the power adapter in a NEMA box and mount the radio to the outside of the NEMA box. The hard part for us is all of our light poles run on photo cells so the existing power at the light is not available during the day. We have to pull a separate power feed to each pole. Matt On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Hector J Rios hr...@lsu.edu wrote: The 1530s we have installed are in a single building. They were mounted directly on the exterior walls. So power was not an issue as we used PoE . We have not mounted any 1530s on poles yet. Have you looked at the AP adapter? I think this is what you need if you were to mount it to a pole. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/1530/power/guide/1530pwradpt.html -Hector -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ciesinski, Nick Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 5:08 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 hr...@lsu.edumailto:hr...@lsu.edu Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues
We've used the 1552E's around our campus with pretty good success. We don't have 100% coverage outdoors yet, but with mesh they work pretty well. Only thing I'll mention that I haven't seen mentioned here is pay close attention to the topography of your campus and make sure the AP is consistently mounted about 30' above the area you're trying to cover. Also with the signal power these boxes achieve, consider interference with your indoor infrastructure as well. Inevitably you'll have to mount at least some of them on buildings anyway, but something to keep in mind. We have the exact opposite problems from Hector at LSU though. If something happens in the dead of winter, it might wait until summer. --Britton Britton Anderson blanders...@alaska.edu | Senior Network Communications Specialist | University of Alaska http://www.alaska.edu/oit | 907.450.8250 On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Hector J Rios hr...@lsu.edu wrote: 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 *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Stooksberry, Tom *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU *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 ** 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/.
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 hr...@lsu.edumailto:hr...@lsu.edu Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDUmailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 ** 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/.
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We are not a Cisco shop but a Ruckus shop. Some of our remote outside areas require a signal strong enough to do streaming video. We have had great success since Ruckus meshes automatically and reliably. Our usable range without directional antennas is about 1000'; more on direct line-of-sight. We shoot for about 10MB signal size as the end result. Harry Rauch Sr. Network Analyst Eckerd College 4200 - 54th Ave S St. Petersburg, FL 33711 On 12/3/14, 2:47 PM, Stooksberry, Tom wrote: 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 ** 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/.
