Meru networks Ap300 User manual

Meru Access Point

Installation Guide

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June 2010

Document Number: 882-70037 Rev A Rel 4.0 Ver 20 Access Point Installation Guide

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Contents

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Other Sources of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Meru Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Website Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

External References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Typographic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Contacting Meru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Customer Services and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

How to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Email Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Telephone Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Warranty Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Chapter 1

Access Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

AP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

AP320i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

AP200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

AP150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

OAP180. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 2

Installing AP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Best Practices for an AP300/AP200 Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Unpack the AP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Determine Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

802.af PoE Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

802.3at PoE Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Additional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Install the AP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Select a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Attach the Provided Antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Install the Remote Antenna Mount (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Install External ACC-ANT-MIMO-MNT Antenna with Three Connectors (optional)22

Install Remote ACC-ANT-6ABGN-24 Antenna with Six Connectors (optional). 24

Install Antennas With One Connector (optional) . . . . . . . . . . 25

Install the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Check AP300 LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 3

Installing AP320i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Best Practices for an AP320i/AP200 Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Unpack the AP320i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Determine Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

802.af PoE Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

802.3at Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Additional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing AP320i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Select a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Install the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Check AP320i LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 4

Installing AP200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Unpacking the AP200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Installation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing the Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Selecting a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Attaching the AP200 Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Mounting the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Checking LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Ethernet Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

AP200 Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Chapter 5

Installing AP150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Unpacking the AP150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Installation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Installing the Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Selecting a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Attaching the AP150 Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Mounting the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Checking LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

AP150 Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Chapter 6

Installing OAP180. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Unpacking the OAP180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing the Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Selecting a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Test Basic Link Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Mounting the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Connect Antennas and Ground Wire to OAP180. . . . . . . . . . . 93

Align Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Checking LED Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Antenna Gain Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Cautions and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

For OAP180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

EMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Underwriters Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Radio Frequency Interference Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 111

Canada. Industry Canada (IC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Europe—EU Declaration of Conformity and Restrictions . . . . . . . . 115

IEEE 802.11a Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

EEE 802.11b/g Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Singapore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Manufacturing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

AP300 Plenum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

About This Guide

This guide provides installation instructions for the Meru Access Points, which

includes the AP300, AP300i, AP1000, AP200, OAP180, and AP150 models. The term

access point is used interchangeably throughout this document to apply to any model

when there are no differences among the models.

Audience

This guide is intended for anyone installing Meru Wireless LAN System Access Points

(APs).

Other Sources of Information

Additional information is available in the following Meru publications, Web site, and

external references.

Meru Publications

Meru System Director Release Notes

Meru System Director Getting Started Guide

Meru Controller Installation Guide

Meru System Director Command Reference

Meru System Director Configuration Guide

Website Resources

For the first 90 days after you buy a Meru controller, you have access to online

support. If you have a support contract, you have access for the length of the

contract. See this web site for information such as:

Meru System Director Release Notes

Knowledge Base (Q&A)

Downloads

Open a ticket or check an existing one

Customer Discussion Forum

The URL is: http://support.merunetworks.com

Meru System Director Getting Started Guide

Meru Controller Installation Guide

Meru System Director Release Notes

Meru System Director Configuration Guide

Meru System Director Command Reference

External References

Stevens, W. R. 1994. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols. Addison-Wesley,

Reading, Mass.

Gast, M.S. 2002. 802.11 Wireless Networks, The Definitive Guide. O’Reilly and

Associates, Sebastopol, Calif.

Typographic Conventions

This document uses the following typographic conventions to help you locate and

identify information:

Note:

Provides extra information, tips, and hints regarding the topic.

Caution!

Identifies important information about actions that could result in

damage to or loss of data, or could cause the application to behave in

unexpected ways.

Warning!

Identifies critical information about actions that could result in

equipment failure or bodily harm.

Contacting Meru

You can visit Meru Networks, Inc. on the Internet at this URL:

http://www.merunetworks.com

Customer Services and Support

For assistance, contact Meru Customer Services and Support 24 hours a day at

+1-888-637-8952 (+1-888-Meru-WLA(N)) or +1-408-215-5305. Email can be sent to

[email protected].

Meru Networks, Inc. Customer Services and Support provide end users and channel

partners with the following:

Telephone technical support

Software update support

Spare parts and repair service

RMA Procedures

Contact Meru Customer Services and Support for a Return Material Authorization

(RMA) for any Meru equipment.

Please have the following available when making a call:

Company and contact information

Equipment model and serial numbers

Meru software release and revision numbers (for example, 3.0.0-35)

A description of the symptoms the problem is manifesting

Network configuration

How to Get Help

Foundry Networks technical support will ensure that the fast and easy access that

you have come to expect from your Foundry Networks products will be maintained.

Web Access

https://kp.foundrynet.com

Email Access

Technical requests can also be sent to [email protected]

Telephone Access

United States: 1.877.TURBOCALL (887.2622)

Outside the United States: 1.408.207.1600

Warranty Coverage

Contact Foundry Networks using any of the methods listed above for information

about the standard and extended warranties.

Chapter 1

Access Points

Access Points contain radio devices that communicate with the Meru Controller and

form the wireless LAN (WLAN). The Meru Controller and Access Points connect to the

site’s wired LAN through wired switches. Wireless clients associate with the Access

Points as they roam throughout the WLAN. As such, they are an extension of the wired

LAN, providing the wireless benefits of client mobility, enhanced access, and

dynamic network configuration.

Figure 1: Wireless LAN Connected to Network

Meru AP

AP300

The AP300 Access Point series delivers high performance, full-speed, Wi-Fi certified

802.11n based on draft 2.0 connectivity while simultaneously supporting legacy

802.11a/b/g devices. AP300 is available in the configurations shown below.

AP300 Configurations

Features for the AP300 include:

802.11n support with channel bonding inboth 2.4GHzand 5GHz frequency bands.

Channel bonding combinestwo 20Mhz channels into a single-wide 40Mhz channel

for increased throughput.

Dual-band externalantenna options optimized for MIMO mode

Plug and Play deployment using centralized controllerplatforms

Multi-layered security including standard WPA2, 802.11i security such as

automatic traffic inspection

Each of these Access pointsmay be powered by a standard 802.3af PoE device.

Air Traffic Control technology for 802.11ndevices and legacy a/b/g devices

3x3 MIMO with 3 chains and 3 receive chains, delivering two spatial streams

For AP302 and AP311, the a/b/g radio software upgradesto802.11n for maximum

investment protection.

Channel span architecture which requires no channel planning or configuration

Six standard multiband, omni-directional antennas for AP302, AP320 and AP311.

Three standard multiband, omni-directional antennasfor AP310/AP310-M and AP301.

Model Configuration

AP320iTwo dual-band 802.11n radios with 3x3MIMOand internal

antennas

AP320Two dual-band 802.11n radios with 3x3MIMOand external

antennas

AP310/AP310-M Singledual-band 802.11n radio with 3x3 MIMO and external

antennas

AP311Single dual-band 802.11n radio and single 802.11a/b/g

radio(AP320 upgradable) with external antennas

AP302Two dual-band 802.11a/b/g radios (AP320upgrade able)

with external antennas

AP301Single dual-band 802.11a/b/g radio (AP310 up-gradeable)

with external antennas

AP300

Powered by 5 volt DC input, 802.3af compliant PoE device, or draft 802.3at

compliant PoE device.

Figure 2: AP300

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AP320i

The AP320i Access Point is an internal-antenna AP with two dual-band 802.11n radios

and 3x3 MIMO and internal antennas.

Features for the AP320i include:

Internal antennas

802.11n support with channel bonding in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands.

Channel bonding combines two 20Mhz channels into a single-wide 40Mhz channel

for increased throughput.

Plug and Play deployment using centralized controller platforms

Multi-layered security including standard WPA2 features such as automatic traffic

inspection

Standard 802.3af PoE support and support for many 802.3at devices

Air Traffic Control technology for 802.11n devices and legacy a/b/g devices

Channel span architecture that requires no channel planning or configuration

Figure 3: AP320i

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AP200

The AP200 series provides two models that conform to the specifications provided by

the IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g protocols and provide backward compatibility for the

802.11b protocol. An AP200 works with most standard Wi-Fi clients.

The AP201 houses a single 802.11a/b/g radio device.

The AP208 supports a maximum of two radio devices that can simultaneously run

two protocols (802.11b, g or b/g on interface 1 and 802.11a on interface 2).

Alternately the second radio can be configured to run as an RF monitor to a Meru

Controller, providing real-time status of RF activity to optimize the wireless

network.

The AP200 series (referred hereafter as the AP200, unless specifically referring to the

AP201 or AP208) is housed in a metal case with a plastic removable cover. As such, it

can be used for plenum installations when the plastic cover is removed.

Figure 4: AP200

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AP150

The AP150 has two 802.11 radios for simultaneous 802.11a and 802.11b/g WLAN

access. It is an ideal option for enterprise-wide data-only WLAN implementations and

small-sized converged data and voice WLAN implementations. The AP150 works in

conjunction with Meru Controller products and can be easily integrated into existing

Layer 2 and Layer 3 wired network environments to provide enterprise-grade Wi-Fi

access with multi-layered security options, basic VoWLAN support, centralized

configuration, troubleshooting tools, remote management and RF visualization capa-

bilities.

The AP150 has the following features:

Dual 802.11b/g and 802.11a radios

Simultaneously support for 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11a clients

Contention Management for high density of data clients

Basic VoWLAN QoS support for small density of voice clients

Multiple ESSIDs with individual security policies to ensure separation of different

user groups or dynamic VLAN assignment per user based on RADIUS credentials

Zero configuration required at the access point; the installation procedure is a

simple plug-n-play

Automatic AP discovery, configuration

Intelligent load balancing of clients

Layer 2 or 3 connectivity for flexible deployment options

Locking mechanism secures access point when mounted in public areas

Figure 5: AP150

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