Meru Networks AP300 User manual

Meru Access Point
Installation Guide
Copyright © Meru Networks, Inc., 2003–2009. All rights reserved.
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August 2009
Document Number: 882-70037 Rev D Rel 3.7 Ver 8 Access Point Installation Guide

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Contents
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Other Sources of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Meru Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Website Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
External References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Typographic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Contacting Meru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Customer Services and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1 Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
AP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
AP200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
AP150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
OAP180. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2 Installing the AP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unpack the AP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Determine Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Additional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Install the AP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Select a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Attach the Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Install the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Check AP300 LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3 Installing the AP200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Unpacking the AP200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing the Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Attaching the AP200 Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mounting the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Checking LED Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Ethernet Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
AP200 Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 4 Installing the AP150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Unpacking the AP150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing the Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Attaching the AP150 Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mounting the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Checking LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
AP150 Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 5 Installing the OAP180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Unpacking the OAP180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing the Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Test Basic Link Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mounting the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Connect Antennas and Ground Wire to OAP180 . . . . . . . . . . 61
Align Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Checking LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Antenna Gain Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Appendix A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Wireless Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ethernet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Physical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Appendix B AP Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Power Over Ethernet Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Mounting Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Appendix C Mounting Bracket Stencils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
AP150 and AP300 Rev A Mounting Bracket Stencil . . . . . . . . . . 81
AP300 Rev B Mounting Bracket Stencil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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Appendix D Cautions and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Appendix E Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
For OAP180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
EMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Underwriters Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Radio Frequency Interference Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Canada. Industry Canada (IC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Europe—EU Declaration of Conformity and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . 99
IEEE 802.11a Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
EEE 802.11b/g Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Singapore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Manufacturing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
AP300 Plenum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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About This Guide
This guide provides installation instructions for the Meru Access Points, which includes the
AP300, 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 people installing the Meru Wireless LAN System Access Points
(AP).
Other Sources of Information
Additional information is available in the following Meru publications, Web site, and
external references.
Meru Publications
zMeru System Director Release Notes
zMeru System Director Getting Started Guide
zMeru Controller Installation Guide
zMeru System Director Command Reference
zMeru 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:
zMeru System Director Release Notes

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zKnowledge Base (Q&A)
zDownloads
zOpen a ticket or check an existing one
zCustomer Discussion Forum
The URL is: http://support.merunetworks.com
External References
zStevens, W. R. 1994. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols. Addison-Wesley,
Reading, Mass.
zGast, 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.

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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
[phone] (+1-888-Meru-WLA(N)) or [phone]. Email can be sent to
[email protected].
Meru Networks, Inc. Customer Services and Support provide end users and channel part-
ners with the following:
zTelephone technical support
zSoftware update support
zSpare 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:
zCompany and contact information
zEquipment model and serial numbers
zMeru software release and revision numbers (for example, 3.0.0-35)
zA description of the symptoms the problem is manifesting
zNetwork configuration

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