User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 About this Guide
- 2 Introduction to the Access Point
- 3 Safety Instructions
- 4 Unpacking
- 5 Configurations
- 6 Access Point Ports and Connectors
- 7 Configuring the Access Point
- 8 Mounting the Access Point
- 9 Deploying the Access Point on the Wireless Network
- 10 Troubleshooting
- 11 Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information
- Manufacturers Federal Communication Commission Declaration of Conformity Statement
- VCCI Statement for Japan
- Guidelines for Operating Cisco Aironet Access Points in Japan
- Statement 371-Power Cable and AC Adapter
- Industry Canada
- Canadian Compliance Statement
- European Community, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein
- Declaration of Conformity with regard to the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC & Medical Directive 93/42/EEC
- Declaration of Conformity for RF Exposure
- Administrative Rules for Cisco Aironet Access Points in Taiwan
- Operation of Cisco Aironet Access Points in Brazil
- Declaration of Conformity Statements
- 12 Configuring DHCP Option 43 and DHCP Option 60
- 13 Access Point Specifications
- 14 Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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1 About this Guide
This Guide provides instructions on how to install and configure your Cisco Aironet 1600 Series
Access Point. The 1600 Series Access Point is referred to as the 1600 series or the access point in this
document.
2 Introduction to the Access Point
The 1600 series offers dual-band radios (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) with integrated and external antenna
options. The access points support full inter-operability with leading 802.11n clients, and support a
mixed deployment with other access points and controllers.
The 1600 series access point is available in controller-based mode and supports:
• Simultaneous single-band or dual-band (2.4 GHz/5 GHz) radios
• Integrated antennas on 1602I access point models (AIR-CAP1602I-x-K9)
• External antennas on 1602E access point models (AIR-CAP1602E-x-K9)
Note The ‘x’ in the model numbers represents the regulatory domain. Refer to “Regulatory
Domains” section on page 6 for a list of supported regulatory domains.
The features of the 1600 series are:
• Processing sub-systems (including CPUs and memory) and radio hardware which supports:
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Network management
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ClientLink 2.0—BeamForming to 802.11n clients as well as legacy 802.11a/g OFDM clients
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VideoStream
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Location
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WIDS/WIPS
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Security
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Radio Resource Management (RRM)
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Rogue detection
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Management Frame Protection (MFP)
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Throughput, forwarding, and filtering performance scaled to meet 3 spatial stream, 450 Mbps
data-rates
• 32 MB flash size
• 802.11af/at
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