Solar power

Adrian4
Head in the Cloud

Solar power

Does anyone have experience powering external AP's with solar? We need to provide coverage to large outdoor areas where cabling isnt feasible.

I was hoping we could make a mesh network with solar. I found a solar repeater product by meraki but it seems quite old and I cant find it on their current products page so Im wondering if they dis-continued it?

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alemabrahao
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

I'm pretty sure this product was dis-continued. Have you talked with be Meraki sales representative?

I am not a Cisco Meraki employee. My suggestions are based on documentation of Meraki best practices and day-to-day experience.

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GreenMan
Meraki Employee
Meraki Employee

Correct - this product was discontinued many years ago.   There's no Meraki solar-powered product available currently, unfortunately.  It looks like useful products might be available from other vendors, though I have no experience with them, good or bad, I'm afraid:   https://cuttingedgepower.com/products/poe

Adrian4
Head in the Cloud

thanks very much

TBHPTL
A model citizen

https://www.amazon.com/Solar-Controller-with-48V-PoE/dp/B00B11A5ZC

 

Obviously you will need an enclosure for the  solar controller  battery etc.    you will at the very least want one AP centered that is wired in to the network  in close proximity. Mesh sucks no matter who the vendor is....

 

 

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JoeT1
Comes here often

We've had a customer do it with newer APs and switches. 

You need a proper electrician / off grid expert to set it all up with the right battery power / etc.

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