POLE MOUNTING AP

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POLE MOUNTING AP
POLE MOUNTING AP
2020-08-07 13:57:42
Model: EAP110-Outdoor  
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Hi guys ,

 

I am thinking of mounting the AP on the pole with the tv aerials , do you think this would cause any interference ? The TV aerials are not being used at the moment.

 

Thanks

 

Colin

 

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Re:POLE MOUNTING AP
2020-08-07 22:25:16 - last edited 2020-08-07 22:25:42

@ntac, in my opinion you can use this pole w/o fearing interferences even when TV aerials would be in use.

 

The pole even has distance holders, so the EAP is not sitting on the wall surface directly. This is the recommended way to mount EAPs on a building wall.

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2020-08-07 23:33:29

Hi @ntac,

 

How high up is that, and what range/area are you hoping to cover.  Folks in a courtyard below may be rather shielded froom the signal by the buiding and roofing structures below the AP -- unless they are farther away.

 

-Jonathan

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Re:POLE MOUNTING AP
2020-08-08 10:18:41

@JSchnee21, the courtyard can be covered by tilting the antennas of the EAP110-Outdoor by 45º (requires EAP110-Outdoor HW v3.0 since HW v1.0 had fixed antennas).

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2020-08-08 12:03:44

Thanks for replies guys , the AP is to serve the building inside , it is across 3 floors.

 

Courtyard below doesn't matter.

 

Think I will temp fit it and try it out.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

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2020-08-08 14:31:02

Hi @ntac,

 

Could you clarify a bit?  Your goal is provide Wifi inside three floors of that masonary building?  I assume you have Wifi coming from another EAP outside, and you want to add this EAP to that network to provide Wifi for the interior of the building?

 

1) So the new EAP that your adding and mounting outside on the pole (in your picture) will be connected to your existing Wifi network as a MESH?  Or is it a CPE which has a client mode option?

 

2) Will you be running Ethernet from this new EAP inside of the building to additional indoor EAP's for the three floors?

 

3) What is the interior of the builiding made from -- Walls and floors?  Wifi penetration through that stone/masonry is going to be very poor.  If the floors are large timber beams, rough cut timber, stone, etc. penetration from floor to floor will also be poor.

 

Using the new outdoor EAP in MESH mode and hoping to provide coverage inside of the building (as a wireless re-broadcast from this sole EAP) may not work that well.

 

-Jonathan

 

 

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2020-08-08 15:32:28
Hi , Yeah the goal is wi-fi inside the building. The pole in the picture is approx in line with Floor 2. It will be fed direct from a POE switch inside the building which is direct into the router. Setup in AP mode solely as a guest network. It will not be used for streaming , just for general surfing , facecrap etc , so it doesnt need to be superfast. I know this is not the best way of doing things but the client doesn't want cat5 running everywhere inside so this was the best I could come up with. Thanks for your help.
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Re:POLE MOUNTING AP
2020-08-08 17:12:58 - last edited 2020-08-08 17:14:03

 

ntac wrote

Yeah the goal is wi-fi inside the building.

 

The building's wall looks like it is made out of clay bricks. If so, coverage indoors will be o.k. I use an EAP225-Outdoor for my neighbors mounted outside the building at height of the 1st floor in front of a panorama window and indoor coverage is pretty good through glass and still o.k. in the basement floor through two fat walls made out of concrete (1st wall) and bricks (2nd wall).

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2020-08-08 17:44:19
Thanks guys , I will post back once I have tried it and let you's know how it works out. Cheers
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2020-08-11 20:40:43
Well that was a bust. Fitted AP today to try it , but signal was very poor inside the building , so looks like im going to have to run cat5. Thanks Colin
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