On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:51:03AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > a maximum consumption of about 3W, and has no configuration at > [...] > > A typical AP needs 10-20W, > > What kind of AP would consume 20W? Mine consumes around 5W and that includes > a 2TB disk attached to it (and spinning).
An Asus RT-N56U needs 30W max. A Linksys EA6900 needs 42W. Your 2TB spinning disk probably uses 4-5W when it is awake but not reading/writing. > > and has an expected lifetime of 1-4 years. > > Where do you get those numbers? In my world, if it dies on you before > 5 years, then it was just a really bad quality AP. In my world, a warranty defines the expected lifetime. Do you have any 5 year warranted APs that aren't campus-grade units? As it happens, I have APs which have outlived their warranty period... which means that I expect to have to replace them at any point, and am happy each month that goes by without a failure. -dsr-
