User's Manual

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Checking LED Activity

Figure 31: OAP180 LEDs

The grey LEDs in the illustration are not currently used. The following chart explains the

meanings for the remaining LEDs.

Antenna Gain Recommendations

The OAP180 auto-adjusts the power level sent from the radio to the antenna, so that the

EIRP emitted from the antenna is the value defined by the controller (100mW by default).

You can increase this setting if you are compensating for signal loss from long inexpensive

cables connecting external antennas. (Configure a false/low dBi antenna gain to trick the

radio into supplying more transmit power to that antenna, which would then make up for

the cable loss.) You may also need to decrease the EIRP from 100mW to 30mW for a

device that only transmits at 30mW. The Antenna Gain values can be changed from the

Web UI Configuration>APs>Antenna Properties view, or from the CLI using the antenna-

property command. Determine the appropriate gain for your antenna by checking the

following chart.

LED Function

Power

When power is applied, this LED initially turns amber, then blinks

green when the system power check is applied, and then is a steady

green when power is on.

Radio 1

802.11bg

The 11bg connection LED blinks amber when radio packets are

being transmitted and when the radio is beaconing. If there is traffic

over the air on this radio, the blinking rate increases.

Radio 2

802.11a

The 11a connection LED blinks green when radio packets are being

transmitted and when the radio is beaconing. If there is traffic over

the air on this radio, the blinking rate increases.

Ethernet

The Ethernet Link LED blinks green when a link has been detected

and is in use.