Enterasys RoamAbout 3000 User manual

RoamAbout™
Wireless Networking
Access Point 3000
Hardware Installation Guide
P/N 9033978-01

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Notice
EnterasysNetworksreservestherighttomakechangesinspecificationsandotherinformationcontainedinthisdocumentand
itsWebsitewithoutpriornotice.ThereadershouldinallcasesconsultEnterasysNetworkstodeterminewhetheranysuch
changeshavebeenmade.
Thehardware,firmware,orsoftwaredescribedinthisdocumentissubjecttochangewithoutnotice.
INNOEVENTSHALLEnterasysNetworksBELIABLEFORANYINCIDENTAL,INDIRECT,SPECIAL,OR
CONSEQUENTIALDAMAGESWHATSOEVER(INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOLOSTPROFITS)ARISINGOUTOF
ORRELATEDTOTHISDOCUMENT,WEBSITE,ORTHEINFORMATIONCONTAINEDINTHEM,EVENIFEnterasys
NetworksHASBEENADVISEDOF,KNEWOF,ORSHOULDHAVEKNOWNOF,THEPOSSIBILITYOFSUCHDAMAGES.
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©2005EnterasysNetworks,Inc.Allrightsreserved.
PartNumber:9033978‐01April2005
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Dokumentationhttp://www.enterasys.com/support/manuals
ENTERASYS,ENTERASYSNETWORKS,ROAMABOUT,andanylogosassociatedtherewith,aretrademarksofEnterasys
Networks,Inc.intheUnitedStatesandothercountries.
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Microsoft,Windows,andWindowsNTaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation.
NetscapeisaregisteredtrademarkofNetscapeCommunicationsCorporation.
Allotherproductnamesmentionedinthismanualmaybetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectivecompanies.
Electrical Hazard: Only qualified personnel should perform installation procedures.
Riesgo Eléctrico: Solamente personal calificado debe realizar procedimientos de instalacion.
Elektrischer Gefahrenhinweis: Installationen sollten nur durch ausgebildetes und qualifiziertes Personal
vorgenommen werden.

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Radio Certification and Regulatory Information
Zertifizierung für Funkgeräte und gesetzliche Vorschriften
ThisdocumentprovidestheregulatoryinformationandtechnicalspecificationsfortheRoamAbout802.11a/b/gRBT3K‐AG.
Toensurethatyouhavethelatestversionofthisdocument,checktheWebsite:www.enterasys.com/products/wireless.
DiesesDokumententhältdiegesetzlichenVorschriftenundtechnischenDatenfürRoamAbout802.11a/b/gRBT3K‐AG.
DieaktuelleVersiondiesesDokumentsfindenSieaufderWebsite:www.enterasys.com/products/wireless.
Europe - European Union Notice
AllproductswiththeCEmarkingcomplywiththeEMCDirective(89/336/EEC)andtheLowVoltageDirective
(73/23/EEC)issuedbytheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunity.Compliancewiththesedirectivesimplies
conformitytothefollowingEuropeanNorms(inbracketsaretheequivalentinternationalstandards).
•EN55022:1998(CISPR22)
•EN55024:1998(IEC61000‐4‐2,3,4,5,6,8,11)
•EN61000‐3‐2:2000(IEC610000‐3‐2)
•EN61000‐3‐3:1995(IEC610000‐3‐3)
•EN60950Januar2000(IEC60950)
ProductslabeledwiththeCExxxxortheCEalertmarkingcontainaradiotransmitterthatcomplieswiththe
R&TTE‐Directive(1999/5/EC)issuedbytheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunity.Compliancewiththis
directiveimpliesconformitytothefollowingEuropeanNorms(inbracketsaretheequivalentinternational
standards).
•EN300328‐1Dezember2001V1.3.1
•EN300328‐2Dezember2001V1.2.1
•EN301893August2003V1.2.3
•EN301489‐1August2002V1.2.1
•EN301489‐17August2000V1.2.1
•EN60950(IEC60950)Januar2000
Todeterminethetypeoftransmitter,checktheidentificationlabelonyourWirelessLANProduct.
Europa – Hinweis der Europäischen Union
AlleArtikelmitdemCE‐ZeichenerfüllendieAnforderungenderEMV‐Richtlinie(89/336/EEC)undder
Niederspannungsrichtlinie(73/23/EEC)derEU‐Kommission.DieÜbereinstimmungmitdiesenRichtlinien
schließtdieKonformitätmitdenfolgendeneuropäischenNormenein(dieentsprechendeninternationalen
NormensindinKlammernangegeben).
•EN55022:1998(CISPR22)–Funkstörungen
•EN55024:1998(IEC61000‐4‐2,3,4,5,6,8,11)
•EN61000‐3‐2:2000(IEC610000‐3‐2)
•EN61000‐3‐3:1995(IEC610000‐3‐3)
•EN60950Januar2000(IEC60950)
Caution: Changes or modifications made to this device which are not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Precaución: Cualquier cambio o modificación a este dispositivo sin la aprobación del organismo
autorizado, puede anular el derecho del usuario a operar el equipo.
Achtung: Änderungen oder Modifikationen, die an diesem Gerät ohne Zustimmung der
verantwortlichen Partei vorgenommen werden, können die Berechtigung des Benutzers zum Betrieb
des Geräts ungültig machen.

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EinArtikel,dermitCExxxxoderdemCE‐Warnhinweisgekennzeichnetist,enthälteinenFunksender,derden
AnforderungenderR&TTE‐Richtlinie(1999/5/EC)derEU‐Kommissionentspricht.DieÜbereinstimmungmit
dieserRichtlinieschließtdieKonformitätmitdenfolgendeneuropäischenNormenein(dieentsprechenden
internationalenNormensindinKlammernangegeben).
•EN300328‐1December2001V1.3.1
•EN300328‐2December2001V1.2.1
•EN301893August2003V1.2.3
•EN301489‐1August2002V1.2.1
•EN301489‐17August2000V1.2.1
•EN60950(IEC60950)January2000
DenTypdesSendersentnehmenSiedemKennzeichnungsetikettIhresdrahtlosenLAN‐Geräts.
Interference Statement
ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,pursuanttopart15oftheFCC
Rules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceinaresidentialinstallation.
ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)Thisdevicemay
notcauseharmfulinterference,and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterferencethatmaycause
undesiredoperation.
Thisequipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththe
instructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewill
notoccurinaparticularinstallation.
Ifthisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcanbedeterminedbyturningthe
equipmentoffandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:
• Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.
• Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.
• Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthereceiverisconnected.
•Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement
ThisequipmentcomplieswithFCCradiationexposurelimitssetforthforanuncontrolledenvironment.Thisequipmentshould
beinstalledandoperatedwithminimumdistance20cmbetweentheradiatorandyourbody.
IftheRBT3K‐AGorRBT3K‐AG‐Gdeviceisgoingtobeoperatedin5.15~5.25GHzfrequencyrange,thenitisrestrictedin
indoorenvironmentonly.
Thistransmittermustnotbeco‐locatedoroperatinginconjunctionwithanyotherantennaortransmitter.
EnterasysNetworksdeclaresthattheRBT3K‐1G,RBT3K‐AG,andRBT3K‐AG‐G(RoamAboutAccessPoint3000)arelimitedin
the2.4GHzbandonchannel1‐11byspecifiedfirmwarecontrolledinUSA.
Canada - Industry Canada (IC)
ThisClassBdigitalapparatuscomplieswithCanadianICES‐003.
CetappareilnumériquedelaclasseBestconformeàlanormeNMB‐003duCanada.

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VCCI Notice
ThisisaClassBproductbasedonthestandardoftheVoluntaryControlCouncilforInterferencebyInformationTechnology
Equipment(VCCI).Ifthisisusedneararadioortelevisionreceiverinadomesticenvironment,itmaycauseradiointerference.
Installandusetheequipmentaccordingtotheinstructionmanual.
Channel Information
Country Specific Power Limits and Restrictions
CE0560 Notice
EnterasysherbydeclaresthisRadioLANdeviceisincompliancewiththeessentialrequirementsandotherprovisionsofthe
R&TTE‐Directive1999/5/EC.AcopyofthissigneddeclarationcanbeobtainedbycontactEnterasysNetworks,50Minuteman
Road,Andover,MA01810,USA.Attn:WirelessGroup.
802.11a •Europe:19non‐overlappingchannel(5.15~5.35GHz,5.47~5.725GHz)
• Japan:4non‐overlappingchannels(5.15~5.25GHz)
•US/Canada:12non‐overlappingchannels(5.15~5.35GHz,5.725~5.825GHz)
802.11b/g •MajorEuropeancountries:13(1~13)
• Japan:14(1~13or14)
•US/Canada:11(1~11)
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prod ct are crossed o t!
Les etats membres de lUnion Europeenne avec une
utilisation restrictive de ce produit sont rayes !
Mitgliedsstaaten der EU mit eingeschrankten
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hera sgestrichen
Gli Stati membri nella Comunita Europea (EU) con
restrizioni sulluso di questi prodotti sono
contrassegnati di seguito!
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Enterasyserklärthiermit,dassdiesesLAN‐FunkgerätdiewesentlichenAnforderungenundsonstigenrelevanten
VorschriftenderR&TTE‐Richtlinie1999/5/ECerfüllt.EineKopiedieserunterzeichnetenErklärungerhaltenSievon
EnterasysNetworks,50MinutemanRoad,Andover,MA01810,USA.Attn:WirelessGroup.
Approved Countries
Thefollowingtableliststheapprovedcountries,AccessPoint3000partnumbers,andifapplicable,theapproval
numbersandreferences.
Approved Countries Configuration
Thefollowingtableprovidestheconfigurationforapprovedcountries.
Approved Country Part Number Approval Number Approval Reference
Australia RBT3K-AG
Canada RBT3K-AG IC: 3857A-RBT3KAG
Europe RBT3K-AG
Hong Kong RBT3K-AG
Japan RBT3K-AG 201NY03215095
Mexico RBT3K-AG
USA RBT3K-AG HEDWA610260
Country Part
Number IEEE 802.11a Only IEEE 802.11 b/g Only Comments
Austria
(A)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350-MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
Not permitted (Military band)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Belgium
(B)
RBT3K-AG Not approved Not approved
Denmark
(DK)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 -2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP
Estonia
(ES)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)

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Finland
(FIN)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
France
(F)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350-MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
Under examination (Not
permitted)
1>2400 -2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW eirp (Indoors only)
2>2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW (Indoors only)
3>2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW (Indoors only)
1> Metropolitan France
2> Guadeloupe,
Martinique, St Pierre et
Miquelon, Mayotte
3> Réunion and
Guyana
Germany
(D)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Greece
(EL)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Hungary
(HU)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP
(Indoors only)
Iceland
(ISL) RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz < 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Ireland
(IRL) RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350-MHz < 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only) 1>2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
1> provision of
services to the public is
permitted. Public
service provider is
required to hold an
appropriate
Telecommunications
License (ref. ODTR 98/
44R).
Country Part
Number IEEE 802.11a Only IEEE 802.11 b/g Only Comments

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Italy
(I) RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz < 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
1>2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
1> If used outside of
own premises, general
authorization is
required.
Latvia
(LA) RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz < 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only
1>2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
1> If used outside of
own premises, general
authorization is
required.
Lithuania
(LT) RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz < 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Luxembourg
(L)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
1>5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
1>2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
1> System provider for
third party traffic may
require a
Telecommunications
Act License.
Norway
(NOR)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350-MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Not permitted at Ny-Ålesund.
* Norwegian Post and
Telecommunications
Authority: List of radio
communications
equipment that does
not have to be notified
according to Art. 6.4 in
the R&TTE Directive
(1999/5/EC)
> RLAN (2.4 – 2.483.5
GHz, 5.15 – 5.35 GHz
& 5.47 – 5.725 GHz)
Netherlands
(NL)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors)
Poland
(PO)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Country Part
Number IEEE 802.11a Only IEEE 802.11 b/g Only Comments

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Portugal
(P)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Slovenia
(SA)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Slovakia
(SK)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350-MHz
< 120 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Spain
(E)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors)
Sweden
(S)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
Switzerland
(CHE)/
Liechtenstein
(LI)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
Not implemented (Exclusive
Military band)
2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
United
Kingdom
(UK)
RBT3K-AG 5150 – 5350 MHz
< 200 mW EIRP (Indoors only)
5470 – 5725 MHz
< 1 W EIRP (Indoors only)
1>2400 – 2483.5 MHz
< 100 mW EIRP (Indoors
only)
1> System provider for
third party traffic may
require a Wireless
Telegraphy and/or
Telecommunications
Act License.
Theuserisresponsibleforcompliancewiththeconditionsofassignmentandfortheconsequencesofanyviolation,correctiveaction,oroffense.
Country Part
Number IEEE 802.11a Only IEEE 802.11 b/g Only Comments