Wireless Access Point Painting

[mhussein]

Hi,

In one of my projects that I am designing (Commercial building/Exhibition Centre) I am proposing Cisco Aironet 2802i as an indoor WAP. The issue that I am facing is that most of Cisco Indoor WAPs come only in white color which does not match my project ceiling profile (Ceiling is  made of black metal (mesh) where all services that need to be mounted on the ceiling must be black). 

I have contacted my local Cisco presales and they said that this specific WAP model comes only in white color, the questions that pre-sales could not answer were if the proposed WAP is to be painted in black color does that

1-Affect the Wi-Fi signal performance? 

2- Will my client lose the WAP product warranty?

Please let me know your thoughts, recommendations or a solution if anyone come across this issue before?

Thanks,

[Jonathan Unger]

Hi There,

Directly painting the AP will void your warranty.

Check out this link which lays out some options for changing the color of your AP. Specifically the "Changing the Color of an AP" section.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/technotes/8-3/b_cisco_aironet_series_2800_3800_access_point_deployment_guide/b_cisco_aironet_series_2800_3800_access_point_deployment_guide_chapter_010.html

[mhussein]

Thank you Jonathan, the link you sent me was very useful and it propose alternative ways to change WAP color. I will make a contact with those guys and see what solution they can offer me.

Mohamad

[paul driver]

Hello

1-Affect the Wi-Fi signal performance?  ---Dont think it would as log as you dont paint over the antenna's and nothing seeps into the caseing

2- Will my client lose the WAP product warranty? - I am sure this would if you had to RMA it

res
Paul