Recommend me an Outdoor Access Point please

[fiza]

Need to have wireless access to internet on our All-Weather pitch so that when everyone gathers there for fire evac then the staff can pull up the Inventory visitor list on an iPad. Just need it for this purpose so needs to be cost effective. The gathering point is about 150 meters from the nearest building.

 

what are the options for us?

[snagrat]

Cambium E700

[TIOAOA]

We hotspot to a school mobile and use 4G, just in case said fire affects the wireless infrastructure

[fiza]

We hotspot to a school mobile and use 4G, just in case said fire affects the wireless infrastructure

IF there was a real fire we would do the same but this is mostly for fire drills.

[fiza]

Cambium E700

Google only gives me US pricing. What kind of price point are these?

[TIOAOA]

IF there was a real fire we would do the same but this is mostly for fire drills.

 

 

If its a drill should you not be acting like its a real fire

 

We have one of these for our sports field

 

https://www.4gon.co.uk/ubiquiti-unifi-uap-ac-mesh-access-point-p-6923.html

 

Works seamlessly with our UNifi setup

[Chris_]

If its a drill should you not be acting like its a real fire

 

We have one of these for our sports field

 

https://www.4gon.co.uk/ubiquiti-unifi-uap-ac-mesh-access-point-p-6923.html

 

Works seamlessly with our UNifi setup

 

I was going to suggest this AP, along with the UniFi UMA-D antenna for longer range.

 

https://www.ui.com/unifi/unifi-mesh-antenna/

[fiza]

If its a drill should you not be acting like its a real fire

 

We have one of these for our sports field

 

https://www.4gon.co.uk/ubiquiti-unifi-uap-ac-mesh-access-point-p-6923.html

 

Works seamlessly with our UNifi setup

We have Ruckus for our main indoor wireless but the Ruckus outdoor APs are expensive. I guess if we bought a Unifi AP then it could act as a standalone AP as we wouldn't need anyone else connecting to it.

[IrritableTech]

Yes you probably don't want the vital AP to have everyones BYOD trying to connect to it on an evacuation... We use Unifi-AC-Mesh as our outside APs and we've setup a Nano5 bridge over to our offsite changing rooms. You can run the AP piggy backed from the Nanostation, so you just need one PoE injector plugged in, and no other equipment is required. Less than £200 for the pair and a pole.

[hilwil]

Ubiqiti Unify Mesh Pro work a treat

[hilwil]

That is just what we have done with a Fortinet network. It works fine

[fiza]

So purchased one of the Unifi APs https://www.4gon.co.uk/ubiquiti-unifi-uap-ac-mesh-access-point-p-6923.html

 

Bought 50m outdoor ethernet cable and 2 surge protectors. https://www.4gon.co.uk/ubiquiti-ethsp-p-6416.html

 

Now I need to find some short outdoor ethernet patch cables to go from the AP into the Surge protector, then i'll use the 50m cable to the wall and into another surge protector (as per Ubiquiti guidance) and then need a 3 metre cat5 cable to go into the building into the cab which is just the other side of the wall.

 

Does anyone know where I can buy some ready made shorter length outdoor ethernet cables? Would need 1 metre and 3 metre cables.

All the ones I come across are much longer lengths.

[fiza]

Anyone?

 

what have others done for Outdoor APs? Do you have surge protectors installed?

[IrritableTech]

Anyone?

what have others done for Outdoor APs? Do you have surge protectors installed?

 

No surge protectors here :-/

 

We terminate our own external cable using standard ends. Haven't had one give up yet.

[fiza]

No surge protectors here :-/

 

We terminate our own external cable using standard ends. Haven't had one give up yet.

 

Interesting. The Unifi AP (UAC-AC-M) that I purchased recommends Surge Protectors at each end.

[msi_school]

The wonderfully names Fruity cables do custom outdoor cables with IP rated connectors if required Edited February 11, 2019 by msi_school
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