Edimax EA-ID6D User manual

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PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE BEFORE USINGTHEPRODUCT
Thank you for purchasing this product, before starting to use, please do read
this application notice and see how this product can be used in the most
correct ways.
Desktopstand
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The antenna is mainly designed for desktop stand, the front-panel transmit
directional signals and the antenna angle is adjustable via easy-to-use
mechanical designs;the antenna panel can also be like 0 to 180 degree angle
adjustment.
Wall mount
For anotherspecific usage of the antenna deployment, the easiest wayfor you
to install the antenna onto the wall is with included Velcro. The wall mount is
mainlyrecommended to be used when your wireless base stations are hidden
over the ceiling orsome kind of anti-theftcases.
Use the Velcro stickers (2sets included)on the bottom of the antenna base, to
make wall mounteasy-to-use.
Recommended devices to connect with this antenna
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Wireless base stations withantenna detachable feature:
As a matter of broadcasting your wireless signals to your home/office
environments to get wider or longer coverage, the antenna generates wide,
directionalsignals to cover your home/office environments.
NOTICE:
The wall mount feature is mainly recommended to be used when your
wireless base stations are hidden over the ceiling or some kind of
anti-theft cases.So that your base stations are ‘invisible’ and signals can
still be effectively transmitted through the external antenna.
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WANRING:
Please make sure that the antenna(s) on your wireless devices can be
‘unscrewed’easilyfrom the antenna connectors.
PCIadaptor for desktop PC
Normallythe host of your desktop PC will be remained under the desk or next
to the walls and partitions;such deploymentenvironmentmightblock wireless
signal routes and sometimes cause bad link quality. The directional antenna
with 1 meter extension cable which generates directional signals, you can
point the antenna to where the wireless base station is in order to pickup the
better connections and link quality.
Remove the default antenna from the desktop PCI/ AP/ Router if you need
wide directionalsignal coverage than the omni directional antenna.
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NOTICE:
Most of desktop PC users in home/ office should be aware of the location
of wireless base stations, to use the directional antenna; one can easily
get connectedbyjust pointing this antenna to where the base station is.
Recommended installation positions
This directional antenna has a directional signal coverage,which you can use
itfor the following configurations based on this special characteristics
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Install the antenna on the edge of the floor environments or in the corners if
your base stations are deployed in the corners. This antenna can generate
widesignal coverage to service the clientusers.
Besides the corner installation, you can also put this antenna at the sides of
the floor for long range corridor transmission
Special links --- Indoor Installation for Outdoor Links
1.Easy point-to-point transmission
the directional antenna can be used onlyfor indoors butcan be connected as
outdoor point-to-pointapplication throughoutthe windows,the expected range
for this kind ofconnection can be up to 100 Meter as long as you can see and
connecteach antenna on both sides.
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WARNING:
(1) Both sides should be used the same antennas.
(2) There should be no obstacles between the transmission areas
(3) On both the sites,the antennas should be ‘seen’each other or visible
by nakedeye.
(4) Performance estimate based on typical use, range will be varied with
different site conditions.
2. Create your own private hotspot for your home recreations
The directional antenna can be used for outdoor hotspotcoverage,as long as
your external antenna can send the signals through windows to your
recreational areas like by swimming pools, the B.B.Q sites or where to drink
afternoon tea.
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