Chapter 4 2.4-GHz Radio Upgrade for Autonomous Access Points

Installing a 2.4-GHz Radio

Step 5 Place the radio card and antenna card on the ESD-protected work surface.

Step 6 Use your fingernail to carefully remove the antenna wire connectors from the 2.4-GHz radio card. Do not remove the antenna wire connectors from the antenna board.

Caution The antenna connectors can be damaged if you use long-nose pliers during the removal process.

Caution To avoid damaging the antenna wire assemblies, handle them by their connectors.

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Step 7 Place the removed 2.4-GHz radio card into an anti-static bag. The antenna card connects to your new radio card.

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Installing a 2.4-GHz Radio

To install a new 2.4-GHz radio card into the access point, follow these steps:

 

Caution

The internal access point components and the 2.4-GHz radio can be damaged by ESD from improper

 

 

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Step 1

Carefully remove the new Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz radio card from its anti-static bag.

 

Step 2

Grasp the radio card only on the edges, being careful not to touch components on the board or the gold

 

 

connector pins.

 

 

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Cisco Systems CSACS1121K9 manual Installing a 2.4-GHz Radio, Connector pins

CSACS1121K9 specifications

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