Allied Telesis AT-WA7501, AT-WA7500 manual Installing the Access Points

Chapter 2

Installing the Access Points

This chapter explains how to install the Allied Telesyn AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 access points in your data collection network, provides some tips on how to position access points to improve your network performance, and provides some external antenna guidelines. This chapter covers these topics:

ˆ“Installation Guidelines” on page 50

ˆ“Installing the AT-WA7501” on page 52

ˆ“Installing the AT-WA7500” on page 54

ˆ“Connecting to Your Fiber Optic Network” on page 55

ˆ“Connecting Power Over Ethernet” on page 59

ˆ“External Antenna Placement Guidelines” on page 60

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