User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Access Points
- Installing AP300
- Safety Precautions
- Best Practices for an AP300/AP200 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 AP200
- Installing AP150
- Installing OAP180
- Cautions and Warnings
- Regulatory Information
Install the AP300
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Install Antennas With One Connector (optional)
You can optionally use an external antenna setup with your AP300 if the controller and APs are running
System Director 3.6.1MR4 or 4.0.
When deploying an AP300 with only one antenna per radio, AP300 cannot support 802.11n MIMO oper-
ation. Also, any antenna ports that are not used to connect to an antenna must be terminated with 50
ohm Reverse Polarity SMA terminators. (For a list of approved terminators, see http://www.merunet-
works.com/merusupport.) Connect the antenna using one cable per radio as described in the table
below. These instructions can be used to replace an AP200 existing antenna configuration with an
AP300. For these instructions, each port on the AP300 is identified by a label A1 to A6.
Using This Cable Type with 2.4 GHz Calculate This Loss per Foot
RG174 0.60 dB
RG316 0.48 dB
LMR100 0.39 dB
LMR200 0.17 dB
LMR240 0.13 dB
LMR400 0.066 dB
LMR600 0.043 dB
Using This Cable Type with 5 GHz Calculate This Loss per Foot
RG174 1.02
RG316 0.76
LMR100 0.59 dB
LMR200 0.24 dB
LMR240 0.19 dB
LMR400 0.100 dB
LMR600 0.066 dB