Connect External Antennas

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2. Position the bracket in the intended location and mark the
position of the three mounting screw holes.
3. Drill three holes in the wall that match the screws and wall
plugs included in the bracket kit, then secure the bracket to
the wall.
4. Use the included nuts to tightly secure the wireless bridg e to
the bracket.
Connect External Antennas
When deploying a SMC2888W-M Master bridge unit for a bridge
link or access point operation, you need to mount external
antennas and connect them to the bridge. Typically, a bridge link
requires a 5 GHz antenna, and access point o peration a 2.4 GHz
antenna. SMC2888W-S Slave units also require an external
antenna for 2.4 GHz operation.
Perform these steps:
1. Mount the external antenna to the same supporting s tructure
as the bridge, within 3 m (10 ft) distance, using the bracket
supplied in the antenna package.
Mounting Grooves