We used these http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/wall-boxes/7982031/ along with Cisco 3700E APs in our new sports hall. They are a lot less expensive compared to the Cisco equivalent and work just as well.
J.
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Subject: Re: Wireless APs in a sports hall
Interesting. The people who did our survey (Lever Technology Group) were fairly definite about horizontal mounting being important for good coverage, although I had previously wall-mounted some without apparent problems. My feeling is that a wall-mounted AP with internal antennae is unlikely to come to much harm from balls or other flying objects, whereas external antennae are impractical without protection, which would mean quite a large cage. Also interesting that a wire cage won't necessarily cause problems with signal propagation, which I would certainly have expected.
Thanks for all the ideas
Max
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From: WILSON Sam [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 19 May 2017 11:00
To: Caines, Max <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Wireless APs in a sports hall
We don't have coverage in sports halls, that I know of, but almost all our Cisco APs are mounted flat against walls at 2.4 m - maintenance is so much easier if you don't need a scaffolding tower. According to the docs the transmission pattern for most of the APs with internal antennae is basically shaped like an apple with the stalk pointing out of the face of the AP[1] so you may even get better coverage mounted flat against a wall rather than horizontally next to it, depending on any reflection pattern.
You may already have done a coverage survey and decided that you need external antennae to provide the service, but if not you may want to reconsider.
Sam
[1] <http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/apdeploy/8-0/Cisco_Aironet_3700AP.html#pgfId-164976>
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