Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Access Points
- Installing AP300
- Safety Precautions
- Best Practices for an AP300/AP1000 Network
- Unpack the AP300
- Determine Power Requirements
- Installation Requirements
- Install the AP300
- Select a Location
- Attach the Provided Antennas
- Install the Remote Antenna Mount (optional)
- Install External ACC-ANT-MIMO-MNT Antenna with Three Connectors (optional)
- Install Remote ACC-ANT-6ABGN-24 Antenna with Six Connectors (optional)
- Install Antennas With One Connector (optional)
- Install the Access Point
- Check AP300 LED Activity
- Where to Go From Here
- Installing AP320i
- Installing AP332e
- Installing AP332i
- Cautions and Warnings
- Regulatory Information
- Supported PoEs
- Optional External Antennas
Install the AP300
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5. Place the mounting bar on top of the crossbar of the mounting bracket, and place the AP300 bracket
(which you removed earlier) against the underside of the crossbar. The crossbar should be
sandwiched between the mounting bar and the mounting bracket.
6. Insert the screws removed from the mounting bar through the underside of the mounting bracket
(therefore screwing upwards through the mounting bar) to attach the bracket to the crossbar. See
Figure 11.
Figure 11: Correct Screw Location
7. Reattach the AP300 to its mounting bracket using the thumbscrews provided.
8. For each antenna, loosen the knurled ring at the base of the antenna, point the antenna down, then
retighten the ring (or attach the antennas, if not already done).
9. Attach the legs of the T-Bar kit to the bars on which the AP is to be mounted by sliding the clips
into place on top of the T-Bars.
10. Remove one nut from each leg.
11. Slide the crossbar into place on top of the legs and replace the nuts on top.
12. Connect a drop wire to a building structural element and through the oval hole provided in the
bracket mounting clip (on the underside of the AP300). The U.S. National Electrical Safety Code
requires this additional support.
13. Connect one end of the PoE Ethernet cable to the Ethernet connector.
Note:
The AP300 shown in Figure 11 does not have the external antennas attached
in order to aid in installation. These can be connected after mounting.
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