Installation guide

at a minimum of 7.9 inches (20 cm) or more from the body of all persons. See the installation guide under
declaration of conformity for more on this.
Installations in IDF Closets (Telecommunications or other Electrical
Equipment)
When installing APs near other electrical or telecommunications equipment, keep all wiring and metal away
from the antennas and avoid placing the antennas near electrical lines. Do not route wiring electrical or
Ethernet in the near field (6−15 inches) from the antenna. Refrain from installing the AP in the electrical
closet, as the best place for the AP is as close to the users as possible. If you remote antenna cables from such
a closet, you might be required to use Plenum rated cable (see local fire/safety regulations for more on this).
Refer to these documents for more information about interference:
20 Myths of Wi−Fi Interference•
Wireless LAN Equipment in Medical Settings: Addressing Radio Interference Concerns•
Wireless RF Interference Customer Survey Results•
Installations at Very High Altitudes
While not defined in the specification sheet for the AP 2600 and AP 3600, these Access Points passed
functional checks after a Non−Operational altitude test of 25C at 15,000 feet was performed. Additionally,
they fully passed a functional test during an operational altitude test of 40C at 9,843 feet.
All units in the test group were connected to at least one WLAN client and monitored for continual operation
passing traffic, and performed constant ping testing throughout the operational altitude test.
Installations Using a Common or Distributed Antenna System (DAS)
Due to the dual−band nature of the antenna system on the AP 2600 and AP 3600, and key features such as
ClientLink 2.0 beamforming, it is not recommended for deployments on Distributed Antenna Systems
commonly referred to as DAS.
Customers wishing to integrate a Wi−Fi over DAS solution should understand that Cisco does not certify,
endorse or provide RF support for Wi−Fi deployments over any Distributed Antenna System.
The DAS vendor and/or systems integrator is solely responsible for the support of the DAS products, and for
providing adequate RF coverage and supporting any RF−related issues. This support includes, but is not
exclusive to, location accuracy, RF coverage, roaming issues related to RF, multipath issues, and scalability.
Additionally, the DAS vendor and/or systems integrator is responsible for understanding that the deployed
DAS system meets the requirements of all of the customer's Wi−Fi devices and applications over the DAS
system. This statement includes, but is not exclusive to, all Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN) and medical
devices.
While Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and Cisco field teams do not provide support for RF issues
that occur in a Cisco WLAN used over a DAS, they will provide support for non−RF related issues in Cisco
products per the customer's support agreement with Cisco Systems.
For more information, refer to Positioning Statement on Cisco Wireless LAN over Distributed Antenna
Systems.