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90-100831-000 Rev 5Alcatel OmniAccess Wireless Access Point Quick Installation Guide 3
OverviewOverview
This guide is designed to provide you with the information needed to mount Alcatel OmniAccess
Wireless Access Points (OmniAccess APs). OmniAccess APs are part of the innovative Alcatel Omni-
Access Wireless Enterprise Platform (Alcatel OmniAccess Wireless System), and require no manual
configuration after they are mounted.
This document assumes that a site survey has been performed as described in the Alcatel OmniAccess
Wireless Access Point Deployment Guide section in the Alcatel OmniAccess Wireless Product Guide, that
OmniAccess AP locations and mounting options have been selected, and that you have one OmniAccess
AP per indicated location.
After the site survey is done, you should have a map indicating the following:
• AP locations.
• AP mounting options: in the middle of a ceiling/hallway, projecting away from the wall, or flat
against the wall.
• AP power options: power supplied by the AC-to-DC power supply orderable from the factory, or
Power over Ethernet (PoE) from the OmniAccess Wireless Switch, another network device, or a
PoE injector/hub (usually located in a wiring closet).
If you do not have a map, make one so you can record the MAC addresses from each location and
return them to the to the person who is planning or managing this wireless network.
Refer to the following sections to install the OmniAccess APs.
Note: When mounting OmniAccess APs, make sure to maintain a 20 cm (8 in.) separation
between the OmniAccess APs and bystanders to comply with FCC RF exposure regulations.
Refer to the FCC Statements for OmniAccess APs
section for more information.
For more details about OmniAccess AP installations, refer to the Planning Notes
section at the end of
this document.