User's Manual

1.6 Outdoor Installation

Outdoor Access Point device can be mounted on the side of a building

or mounted to an mast as shown in following:

A wall (side) mount allows for mounting the Outdoor AP on the side of

a building. This will provide a convenient mounting location when the

roof overhang is not excessive and/or the location is high enough to

provide a clear line of sight.

Grounding

A safety grounding system is necessary to protect your outdoor

installation from lightning strikes and the build-up of static electricity.

So direct grounding of the antenna mast, Outdoor AP and

Surge Arrester is very important. And so mounting the Outdoor AP on

the antenna mast, you have to connect the Outdoor AP to the same

grounding system with the AC wall outlet.

The grounding system must comply with the National Electrical Code

and safety standards that apply in your country. Always check with a

qualified electrician if you are in doubt as to whether your outdoor

installation is properly grounded.

Chapter 2. Network Topologies

This chapter describes several main types of installations commonly

implemented using the Outdoor Wireless Access Point (AP). This is by no

means intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible configurations, but

rather shows examples of some of the more common implementations (as

shown in Figure 2-1).

Figure 2-1

The outdoor wireless AP can perform in router or bridge modes. In a

wireless topology, all communication between network stations is done

through a centralized Access Point. To show some possibilities of wireless

topologies, the following examples are provided:

1. Wireless Access Bridge

2. Wireless Access Router with PPPoE Ethernet connection

3. Wireless Access Router with dynamic IP address Ethernet

4. Wireless Access Router with static IP address Ethernet