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External-Antenna Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Point Quick Installation Guide
• MAKE SURE THAT THE Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Points
ARE INSTALLED VERTICALLY. Nortel Networks WLAN - Access
Points ARE DESIGNED TO BE INSTALLED VERTICALLY, either
standing up in a plenum or hanging from a ceiling, to create the
largest coverage area per Nortel Networks WLAN - Access
Point. Hanging the Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Point from
the ceiling provides the best RF coverage.
• DO NOT MOUNT Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Point
ANTENNAS WITHIN ONE METER (3 FT.) OF ANY METAL
OBSTRUCTIONS. THE RF WAVES FROM Nortel Networks WLAN
- Access Points ARE BLOCKED AND/OR REFLECTED BY METAL
OBJECTS, such as metal HVAC ducts, conduit, pipes,
bookcases, elevator shafts, stairwells, and metal walls. REFER
TO THE Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Point Deployment
Guide BEFORE MOUNTING Nortel Networks WLAN - Access
Points NEAR METAL OBSTRUCTIONS.
• WHEN MOUNTING Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Points IN
THE CORNER OF A RIGHT-ANGLE HALLWAY INTERSECTION,
MOUNT THE Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Point AT A
45-DEGREE ANGLE TO THE TWO HALLWAYS. The Nortel
Networks WLAN - Access Point internal antennas are not
omnidirectional, and will cover a larger area if mounted this
way.