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CiscoAironetAccessPointDeploymentGuide 
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TableofContents
RevisionHistory.......................................................................................................................2
TableofContents....................................................................................................................3
CiscoAironetSeriesAccessPoints...........................................................................................4
InternalandExternalAntennas................................................................................................................4
3600Series...............................................................................................................................................6
FeatureModulesforthe3600Series....................................................................................6
Comparisonofthe3600and3500Series.................................................................................................7
Comparisonofthe3600and2600Series.................................................................................................9
Introductiontothe1600Series..............................................................................................................11
KeyFeatures.......................................................................................................................11
CiscoCleanAirExpress........................................................................................................11
ComparisonofIndoorAccessPoints......................................................................................................12
HardwareandMountingOptions..........................................................................................13
BracketsandClips...................................................................................................................................13
ChannelRailAdapters............................................................................................................................14
InstallationinCeilingTiles......................................................................................................................15
InstallationonWalls...............................................................................................................................16
Color.......................................................................................................................................................17
UniqueInstallations..............................................................................................................18
CleanRooms...........................................................................................................................................18
AboveCeilingTiles..................................................................................................................................19
StadiumandHarshEnvironments..........................................................................................................20
AreaswithHighVibration.......................................................................................................................21
WarehouseandFactory.........................................................................................................................22
EthernetCableRecommendation.......................................................................................24
AntennaCableRecommendation........................................................................................24
AccessPointSpacingRecommendations.............................................................................25
IDFClosets(TelecommunicationsorOtherElectricalEquipment)........................................................25
VeryHighAltitudes.................................................................................................................................25
CommonorDistributedAntennaSystem(DAS).....................................................................................26
Elevators.................................................................................................................................................26
ExternalAntennaOptionsandPatterns.................................................................................27
AP1600/2600andAP3600e..................................................................................................................27
AP3600i,AP2600i,andAP1600i...........................................................................................................32
ExternalAntennaDeployments.............................................................................................35
802.11n,SpatialStreams,andBeamforming.........................................................................38
ClientsThatSupportThreeSpatialStreams...........................................................................................41
BeamforminginClientLink1.0and2.0..................................................................................................42
SiteSurveyConsiderations....................................................................................................44
GeneralGuidelines................................................................................................................46
ExamplesofImproperInstallations.......................................................................................48
QuestionsandAnswers.........................................................................................................51
UsefulURLs...........................................................................................................................52
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