yeri,
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I’m looking for a “thingie” to hand #WiFi access points ~0.5m from the (metal) ceiling. It’s something like this.

What is this called, and where can I buy this?

gbraad,
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@yeri looks like a drop ceiling mount with a mounting plate. Unfortunately there is no standard in access point mounts, like we have for monitors (Vesa). So, still going to be custom or brand specific.

yeri,
@yeri@superuser.one avatar

@gbraad :/

yeri,
@yeri@superuser.one avatar

@gbraad bit annoying because i need a few (like 30 or so) and can’t really find something that’s affordable, small, easy. There’s project mounts but $$$ and stupidly big/heavy

gbraad,
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@yeri usually they are for some reason; we had to buy several for projectors and even those are quite expensive and quite common (they are articulated, so that might contribute to the cost).

Example: https://www.marquest.com/product/marquest-universal-conduit-drop-ap-mount/ for a single mount! outrageous.

yeri,
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@gbraad heh… crazy! I mean I get it, a project/beamer is maybe 10-20kg so this things needs to be sturdy… but that’s silly in terms of costs ;)

gbraad,
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@yeri projectors used to be 10+kg...though DLPs nowadays are much less. We had about 4 in use for classrooms. Each mount was about 70¥. So this is insane... But have you asked the access point vendor for recommendations?

yeri,
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@gbraad The reseller (dectdirect.nl) replied this:

> Hai Yeri,
> Wij hebben niet iets kant en klaar, maar wat we zelf bij een installatie hebben gedaan is deze mount,
> https://www.dectdirect.nl/nl/access-point-pro-arm-mount.html
> Gemonteerd aan een witte pvc buis om hem een stuk onder het staal t hangen…

which I don’t think is gonna look nice/proffesh at all. PVC might even break if someone manages to knock something against it (a ladder or something)

gbraad, (edited )
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@yeri expensive. PVC is not necessarily a wrong material. When glued it can take quite some load, and APs are usually just a few hundred grams. It flexes, won't break that easily. And does not have interference (with the signal).

But when a walmount is about a fourth of the price of the as actual device they must have cheapish hardware or very luxurious plastics in relation.

gbraad,
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@yeri almost feels like a repurposed projector mount ;-) If the access point has screw holes for wall mounting, it might even work that way. And those are a lot cheaper!

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