RE: PacketFence

2012-04-27 Thread Osborne, Bruce W
That's interesting, Jeff. Your history is very similar to ours here at Liberty University, but we are taking a slightly different approach. We were one of Cisco's first CCA customers after their takeover of Perfigo. Some of our people visited Perfigo during our evaluation of the product. That

[WIRELESS-LAN] FCC Hosts Wireless Collocation Workshop – 5-1-12

2012-04-27 Thread Greg Haledjian
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, in cooperation with the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), will host a workshop focusing on collocations of wireless and broadband antennas on wireless and other communications towers (e.g. AM Radio towers) and

Battery packs for portable AP setups?

2012-04-27 Thread Lee H Badman
Wondering if anyone has put together (or found commercially) a non-behemoth battery solution for deploying mesh APs for X number of hours, for event support? -Lee Badman ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups?

2012-04-27 Thread Garrett Harmon
We use these for surveys, get about a day of battery out of it easily, not sure if it'd work for your specific situation thought. http://www.terra-wave.com/shop/80211n-mimo-site-survey-battery-pack-p-1535.html Garrett Harmon Network Engineer - Wireless Office of the Chief Information Officer The

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups?

2012-04-27 Thread Lee H Badman
Thanks, Garrett- I remember these from the days of the Cisco 350, but from memory though they were only good for a couple of hours. Looks nice, and a fair price for what it gets you. -Lee From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.ED

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups?

2012-04-27 Thread Chuck Enfield
I've done about 6 hours of site survey with a dual-radio 802.11a/g AP (estimated 9 Watts) using a consumer-grade 350VA UPS that cost about $50. It's not that the UPS died after 6 hours, it's just that that's all I needed on battery. I don't know how long it could have gone. Chuck Enfield Sr.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups?

2012-04-27 Thread Ron Walczak
An image flashed Cisco 3500i will drain an APC 1500VA UPS in 2.5 - 3.0 hours :( less if you add a controller On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Chuck Enfield wrote: > I’ve done about 6 hours of site survey with a dual-radio 802.11a/g AP > (estimated 9 Watts) using a consumer-grade 350VA UPS th

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups?

2012-04-27 Thread Lee H Badman
Thanks, fellows. The goal is something that can be neatly packaged for weather and put in a tent or a parking lot or whatever, mesh from nearby for local use like handheld scanners, etc. So compactness and such count. On the UPS, your using AC outlet to injector, yes? -Lee Lee H. Badman Wire

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups?

2012-04-27 Thread Chuck Enfield
Yes. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 3:54 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Battery packs for portable AP setups? Thanks, fell