Installation and Initialization

AP-700 User Guide

AP-700 Hardware Description

Figure 2-1 Rear Panel

The AP-700 has been designed to rest horizontally on a flat surface, but can be wall- or ceiling- mounted with the long axis vertical. The unit includes screw slots in the bottom plastic for mounting to a flat wall or ceiling.

Antennas

The AP-700 employs two internal antennas for antenna diversity: one is vertically polarized, and the other is horizontally polarized to provide optimal spatial and polarization diversity. When the AP is hung on the wall of an office or building, the horizontally polarized antenna provides coverage for that particular floor level. The vertically polarized antenna provides spatial diversity for the horizontally polarized antenna in the event of an antenna null. In addition, the vertically polarized antenna provides some coverage above and below the current floor level. When the AP is mounted on the ceiling or sitting on a table, the effect is the same, but the roles of the two antennas switch.

The AP supports both receive and transmit diversity. When receiving, the AP chooses the antenna that recieves the strongest signal. When transmitting, the AP chooses the antenna with the highest success rate, and broadcasts are transmitted on alternating antennas.

Antenna diversity is enabled by default (set to “auto”). When using the internal antennas, Proxim recommends leaving antenna diversity disabled. However, you may disable antenna diversity by manually selecting which antenna to use through the Command Line Interface. See Configure Antenna Diversity for information.

External Antennas

The AP-700 also has two antenna connectors for use with external antennas.

Figure 2-2 AP-700 Antenna Connectors

When the AP is mounted on a wall, connector 1 corresponds to the horizontally polarized internal antenna, providing a coverage pattern parallel to the wall; connector 2 corresponds to the vertically polarized internal antenna, providing a coverage pattern parallel to the ceiling/floor. When the AP is mounted to a ceiling, connector 1 corresponds to the

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