access points indoor enclosures

[bhupenderrawat79]

Experts,

I hope all is well, i have a client that is very conscious about his building interiors and wants to conceal as much as possible the access points, although some of this access points are external access points with sector antennas, is there any enclosures or nice covers for sector antennas? Thanks  

[jagan.chowdam]

You can look at the following vendors who provide mounting hardware

https://oberoninc.com/

http://acceltex.com/

http://www.ventevinfra.com/

All of them have AP+antenna co-located mounting options.

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Jagan

[Haydn Andrews]

There are a number of enclosure companies. It all depends on what exactly your looking to achieve and how well you need it hidden. One thing i can say is make sure you don't degrade the RF by the methods used to "hide" the AP. I've seen APs placed in between two steel I beams to hide them, and all it does is kill the signal.

Other than enclosures there are other options such as painting it/ skins so they blend into the ceiling, ceiling tile mounting where the AP is nearly flush with the roof. 

There is also the option to paint/ plastic coat the AP (painting can cause warranty issues so best check AP warranty first, and don't use a matalic paint)

Info on painting the AP here:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/technotes/8-4/b_painting_of_access_points.html

Various AP enclosure companies and skins here:

http://acceltex.com/

https://oberoninc.com/

http://www.ventevinfra.com/

There is also a really good video from a presentation from WLPC Prague on disguising your AP, video from Acceltex:

https://www.wlanpros.com/resources/disguising-your-wi-fi-carter-burke-wlpc-prague-2018/

I have used all of these methods before to good outcomes, and sometimes working with the architects can "hide" the AP in plain sight without having to resorting to using skins/ enclosures.