In case there are any doubts about turning them off, lots of research on this kind of thing lately:
http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-has-a-dark-side http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/q-a-why-is-blue-light-before-bedtime-bad-for-sleep/ Pete M. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of James Helzerman Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 11:14 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disabling LEDs on APs We disable all the LEDs in residence halls on our Cisco APs. It hasnet caused us much of a problem troubleshooting, you have the ability flash or turn on individual lights if needed in case you have to identify an AP. -Jimmy University of Michigan On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Julian Y Koh <kohs...@northwestern.edu<mailto:kohs...@northwestern.edu>> wrote: On Tue Sep 06 2016 08:57:08 CDT, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu<mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu>> wrote: > > First-world problems… Curious if others have gone down this road in Residence > Halls. We’re not really being asked to, but are considering wholesale > disabling LEDs on our Cisco APs in the dorms as a quality of life step. Has > this caused anyone any pain when it comes to not being able to see the colors > on the AP as status indication? Have you actually had requests to disable the > LEDs? Overall experience with accommodating or denying the request? > I can't remember the exact sequence of how all the conversations went, but when we did a redesign to start moving the APs into the residence hall rooms, we turned off the lights on those units. I think we got a couple of reports where residents were wondering if the APs were working, but overall not a big deal. -- Julian Y. Koh Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern Information Technology 2001 Sheridan Road #G-166 Evanston, IL 60208 +1-847-467-5780 Northwestern IT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public Key:<http://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- James Helzerman Wireless Network Engineer University of Michigan - ITS Communications Systems and Data Centers Phone: 734-615-9541 ********** 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/.
