which hardware to use a confrence center

[albertldee]

need a little help selecting hardware setup i have a small 20 x 40 confrence room that need wireless there is already a network connection jack in the ceiling but trying to figure out what's the bast low budget stable equiptment to use, i was thinking about the engenius AP with POE

2nd question

i have to setup wireless outside a hotel, one of my biggest concer is lighting strike it's 4, two story building each 25ft tall that creat a dimond shape, all have zinc/aluminim roofing which attract lightning, i need to setup coverage for the courtyard and a building beyond have anyone ever done such setup what would u suggest to do that project the courtyard is about 600sf

thanks

[YeOldeStonecat]

I've been wanting to get my hands on Engenius hardware, but haven't had the opportunity yet.

If you're asking about budget wireless for a conference room, I have had good experience using a wrt54gl flashed with DD-WRT firmware, converted to access point mode. You can even get PoE injectors for them. Last year I did a nursing home with 10x of those units, each with a 9 high gain antenna pair from this place and all with PoE.
http://www.fab-corp.com/home.php

Also check out that place for your external patio setup.
For external setups, you'll want an exterior high gain antenna that has a grounding wire. And you'll want an APC Net Arrest cat5 surge protector for the connecting patch cable, so the rest of your network is protected.

[reaser]

We managed the wireless and security for a fund raiser last summer and we used 3 Engenius APs and they worked very well. I apologize I do not recall the model numbers of the devices we had. The guy I was working with had used them at a few other sites and was familiar with them. He loves them.

I'd certainly go with them again if I ran into a situation that needed an AP. Most places I do work for now are still using the WRT54g. I use the tomato software with them.