We have approximately 1500 ap's installed in hallways and student dorm rooms, only 1 has been damaged due to an errant pass during a hallway football game.
Chris On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Joe Rogers <j...@usf.edu> wrote: > > We too elected to install our residence hall access points without > protective enclosures. So far there have been no issues in the past ~4 > years with the approximately 1100 we have deployed. We do normally place > them into student rooms rather than hallways or common areas so that we know > who to talk to if there ever is a problem. > > Joe > > > On 03/17/2011 12:08 PM, Michael P Hizny wrote: > > We installed AP enclosures in our first dorm building when we went > wireless. After that we decided to take a chance and see what happened > instead of adding the extra cost. The students see the wireless as a great > service. In 4 years we have not had one vandalized. We have over 800 of > them installed in our residence halls on both the walls and on the ceiling. > > > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *John Kaftan > *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:40 AM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] AP Enclosure > > > > Has anybody found a good solution for AP enclosures? Our older Residence > Halls do not have drop ceilings so we cannot hide the APs. We have found > that most things visible get destroyed. Our standard APs have internal > antennas so I’d like to find a box that is RF transparent. I found one by > Oberon Model 1025 but at $240 ea I don’t see us making it happen. I do have > some older APs I can use that are a\b\g that have external antennas that I > can use if need be. > > > > http://oberonwireless.com/outdoor_nema-access-point-enclosures.php > > ********** 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/.
