CommScope RUCKUS R850 User manual

R850 Access Point
Quick Setup Guide
This Quick Setup Guide provides step-by-step instrucons on how to install
and begin using your Ruckus R850 Dual-Band 802.11ax Mulmedia Wi-Fi
Access Point (AP). Aer compleng the steps described in this guide, you
will be able to place the R850 at your site and begin providing wireless
access to users.
NOTE: AP R850 is supported in the following releases:
•SmartZone (SZ) release 5.2 using New AP Model Patch
•ZoneDirector (ZD) release 10.4.1 Nave Support
FIGURE 1 R850 - top
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Before You Begin
Before deploying Ruckus products, please check for the latest soware and
the release documentaon.
•Release Notes and other user documentaon are available at hp://
support.ruckuswireless.com/documents.
•Soware upgrades are available at hp://support.ruckuswireless.com/
soware.
•Soware license and limited warranty informaon are available at
hp://support.ruckuswireless.com/warranty.
Package Contents
A complete R850 installaon package includes all of the items listed below:
•R850 Access Point
•One wall-mount anchor kit, including two 1-in. No. 8 steel pan head
Phillips sheet metal screws and wall-mount anchors
•One external T-bar bracket (two unassembled parts)
•Service Level Agreement/Limited Warranty Statement
•Declaraon of Conformity
•Regulatory Statement
•Ruckus Access Point Geng Started Guide
•AP Cloud Management Insert
•This Quick Setup Guide
Step 1: Collecng Setup Requirements, Hardware
and Tools
•Admin PC (computer with an Ethernet port and Wi-Fi adapter)
•Cat 5e (or beer) Ethernet cable
•Ruckus Wireless 48VDC power adapter (sold separately) or 802.3at-
compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch or PoE injector
NOTE: The PoE switch port must run link layer discovery protocol
(LLDP) power over Ethernet/MDI (PoE+) in order for the R850 to
operate in full-power mode. This may require enabling both LLDP
and Power via MDI (dot3) on the switch, if available.
NOTE: If powered by 802.3at PoE, note that the feature set is
reduced, as follows:
–4x4 (2.4GHz) + 4x4 (5GHz) chain operaon mode (reduced from
4x4 (2.4GHz) + 8x8 (5GHz) under full power)
NOTE: The recommended PoE injector for the R850 is GRT-480125A
(60W power rang and 1 Gbps link speed). If using the
recommended PoE injector, you must 1) manually select AT+ mode
as the power mode in the SmartZone/ZoneDirector GUI, and 2) force
1Gbps link speed on the switch.
Oponal hardware and tools:
•Customer-supplied small padlock with a 3.5-mm (0.14-in.) or smaller
shackle diameter, used to fasten the AP to the secure mounng bracket
or the T-bar bracket.
•Customer-ordered Ruckus Wireless 902-0120-0000 secure mounng
bracket kit:
–If you are mounng the AP on a at surface using the secure
mounng bracket kit, then you need an electric drill with 4.75-mm
(3/16-in.) drill bits.
–If you are mounng the AP on a pipe or pole using the secure
mounng bracket kit, then you will also need a 38.1-mm to 63.5-mm
(1.5-in. to 2.5-in.) pipe or pole, two pole clamps, and hand tools to
ghten the clamps.
Step 2: Connecng Your Computer to the AP
1. Using an Ethernet cable, connect your computer’s network port to
the 5G ETH PoE port on the AP (1 in the Figure below).
2. Using a DC power adapter (sold separately), connect the AP's 48 VDC
port (2 in the Figure below) to a convenient and protected power
source.
NOTE: Alternavely, connect the 5G ETH PoE port to a PoE injector
or switch for both power and network connecvity.
FIGURE 2 AP Ports
TABLE 1 R850 boom panel elements
No. Label Descripon
1 5G ETH
PoE
100/1000/5000 Mbps PoE In Port: RJ-45
Ethernet port (supports 802.3at/at+ PoE
in)
2 1G ETH 10/100/1000 Mbps port: RJ-45 Ethernet
port (non-PoE)
3 48 VDC 48 VDC input
4 USB USB Port
•Max Dimensions: 6 cm x 2 cm x 1.1
cm
•Interface: USB 2.0
•Connector: USB – Type-A plug
3. Verify that the PWR LED on the AP is a steady green.
Step 3: Preparing Your Computer for AP Setup
NOTE: The following procedures assume Windows as the operang
system. Procedures for other operang systems are similar.
1. On your Windows PC, congure your network adapter from the Local
Area Connecon sengs as follows:
Start > > Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change
Adapter Sengs
2. Edit the TCP/IPv4 address sengs as follows:
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Local Area Connecon > Properes > Internet Protocol Version 4
(TCP/IPv4) > Properes
The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properes dialog box
appears.
IMPORTANT-QSG: Write down all of the currently acve sengs
so you can restore your computer to its current conguraon later
(when this process is complete).
3. Select Use the following IP address (if it is not already selected) and
then make the following entries:
• IP address: 192.168.0.22 (or any available address in the
192.168.0.x network, except 192.168.0.1)
• Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
• Default gateway: 192.168.0.1
Leave the DNS server elds empty.
4. Click OK to save your changes. Your changes are put into eect
immediately.
Step 4: Logging Into the AP
1. As specied in Step 3, the admin PC should be directly connected to
the AP through one of the Ethernet ports and powered on, ready for
setup.
2. On your admin PC, open a web browser window.
3. In the browser, enter the following URL in the browser navigaon bar:
https://192.168.0.1
4. Press Enter to iniate the connecon. When the security alert dialog
box appears, click OK/Yes to proceed.
5. When the Ruckus Admin login page appears, enter the following:
• Username: super
• Password: sp-admin
6. Click Login. On your rst login, you will be prompted to change the
default password.
7. When the Change Password dialog box displays, enter the following:
• New Password: Enter a new password.
•Conrm Password: Re-enter the new password.
8. Click Submit.
9. Log in using the new password.
Step 5: Customizing the Wireless Sengs
TABLE 2 Default AP Sengs (for your reference)
Network Names (SSIDs) Wireless1—Wireless8 (2.4GHz
radio)
Wireless9—Wireless16 (5GHz
radio)
Security (Encrypon method) Disabled for each wireless
interface
Default Management IP Address 192.168.0.1
1. On the web interface menu, click Conguraon > Radio 2.4G or
Conguraon > Radio 5G. TheCongure > Wireless > Common page
appears.
2. Verify that the following opons are acve:
Channel : SmartSelect
Country Code: If you are not located in the United States of America,
select your current country.
3. Click Update Sengs if you made any changes.
4. Click any of the Wireless # (Wireless LAN Number) tabs at the top of
the page.
5. In Wireless Availability, click Enabled.
6. Delete the text in the SSID eld, then type a name for your network
that will help your users idenfy this AP in their wireless network
applicaon.
7. Click Update Sengs to save your changes.
8. Repeat for each Wireless # (Wireless LAN Number) interface that you
want to enable.
9. Click Logout to exit the web interface.
10. When the Ruckus Admin login page reappears, you can exit your
browser.
11. Disconnect the AP from the computer and from the power source,
and then restore your computer to its original network connecon
conguraon sengs.
Step 6: Placing the AP in Your Site
1. Move the AP to its permanent locaon (accessible to both power and
network connecons). Refer to the Mounng Instrucons secon for
physical installaon.
2. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the 5G ETH PoE port to an
appropriate device:
•The ISP’s or carrier’s network device.
•An Ethernet switch that is connected to the ISP’s or carrier’s
network device.
3. Connect the AP power adapter (or PoE power supply) to the AP, and
then to a convenient power source.
NOTE: If you will be using PoE, then you will need a Cat 5e (or
beer) Ethernet cable to connect the AP to the PoE switch or PoE
injector.
NOTE: The power draw will idenfy as a Class 4 device with a max
draw of 25.5W if it is powered by an 802.3at PoE switch.
NOTE: The R850 supports 802.3at and 802.3at+ PoE modes only,
and does not support 802.3af PoE mode.
4. Verify that the 5Gbps port LED is lit.
Aer a short pause to re-establish the Internet connecon, you can
test the AP.
Step 7: Verifying the Installaon
1. Using any wireless-enabled computer or mobile device, search for
and select the wireless network you previously congured.
2. When connected, open a browser and connect to any public website.
Congratulaons! Your wireless network is acve and ready for use.
Mounng Instrucons
Mounng on a Drop-Ceiling T-Bar
The factory-supplied T-bar mounng assembly kit allows you to aach the
AP to recessed and ush drop-ceiling T-bars.
1. Posion the studs on the boom of the T-bar bracket (1 in the
following Figure) in the keyholes on the AP enclosure.
2. Slide the T-bar bracket away from the Ethernet ports on the boom
of the AP unl the AP retainer tab (2) snaps into place, trapping the T-
bar bracket studs in the keyholes (3).
FIGURE 3 Aaching the T-bar bracket to the AP
3. Insert the locking tab (4) so it is in the rst posion on the T-bar
bracket (1).
4. Gently push the ceiling les, if present, up and out of the way.
5. Posion the T-bar bracket so its two clasps grip one edge of the T-bar
(1 in the Figure below). Make sure that both clasps are gripping the T-
bar.
6. Hold the AP in place and gently push the locking tab (2) unl its clasp
grips the other edge of the T-bar. Make sure that all three clasps are
gripping the T-bar.
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FIGURE 4 Aaching the T-bar bracket to the T-bar
7. (Oponal) Aach a customer-supplied padlock through the bracket
AP retainer tab (2) to lock the AP to the T-bar bracket studs.
Mounng on a Flat Surface
The factory-supplied mounng screws and plasc wall anchors allow you
to aach the AP to a wall or other at surface.
1. Use the Mounng Template on the last page of this Quick Setup
Guide to mark the locaons for two drill holes on the mounng
surface.
2. Use a 4.75-mm (3/16-in.) drill bit to drill holes approximately 25-mm
(1-in.) deep into the mounng surface.
3. Insert the factory-supplied anchors (1 in the Figure below) and
mounng screws (2) into the mounng surface, leaving approximately
6-mm (1/4-in.) of the screw heads protruding for the AP enclosure.
FIGURE 5 Flat surface mounng
4. Place the AP onto the mounng screws so the screw heads enter the
keyholes on the AP enclosure, and push the AP down unl the AP
retainer tab snaps into place.
5. (Oponal) Aach a customer-supplied padlock through the integral
AP retainer tab to lock the AP to the mounng screw heads.
For More Informaon
For informaon on how to congure and manage the AP, refer to the
Ruckus Wireless Indoor Access Point User Guide, available from hps://
support.ruckuswireless.com.
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