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Meru AP400

Installation Guide

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April 2011

Document Number: 882-70016 Rev A Rel 4.1 Ver 1 AP400 Installation Guide

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MERU NETWORKS, INC.

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Contents

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Other Sources of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Meru Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Website Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

External References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Typographic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Contacting Meru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Customer Services and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Chapter 1

Access Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

AP400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Chapter 2

Installing AP400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Unpack the AP400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Determine Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

802.af PoE Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

802.3at PoE Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Additional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Install the AP400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Select a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Attach the Provided Antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Install the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Check AP400 LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Cautions and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

For AP400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

EMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Underwriters Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Radio Frequency Interference Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Canada. Industry Canada (IC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Europe—EU Declaration of Conformity and Restrictions . . . . . . . . 29

IEEE 802.11a Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

EEE 802.11b/g Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Manufacturing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Supported PoEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Supported Power Over Ethernet Devices for Meru APs . . . . . . . . . 33

About This Guide

This guide provides installation instructions for the Meru AP400s, which includes both

the AP400 and the AP400i models. The term access point is used interchangeably

throughout this document to apply to any model when there are no differences

among the models.

Audience

This guide is intended for anyone installing Meru Wireless LAN System Access Points

(APs).

Other Sources of Information

Additional information is available in the following Meru publications, Web site, and

external references.

Meru Publications

Meru System Director Release Notes

Meru System Director Getting Started Guide

Meru Controller Installation Guide

Meru System Director Command Reference

Meru System Director Configuration Guide

Website Resources

For the first 90 days after you buy a Meru controller, you have access to online

support. If you have a support contract, you have access for the length of the

contract. See this web site for information such as:

Meru System Director Release Notes

Knowledge Base (Q&A)

Downloads

Open a ticket or check an existing one

Customer Discussion Forum

The URL is: http://support.merunetworks.com

Meru System Director Getting Started Guide

Meru Controller Installation Guide

Meru System Director Release Notes

Meru System Director Configuration Guide

Meru System Director Command Reference

External References

Stevens, W. R. 1994. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols. Addison-Wesley,

Reading, Mass.

Gast, M.S. 2002. 802.11 Wireless Networks, The Definitive Guide. O’Reilly and

Associates, Sebastopol, Calif.

Typographic Conventions

This document uses the following typographic conventions to help you locate and

identify information:

Note:

Provides extra information, tips, and hints regarding the topic.

Caution!

Identifies important information about actions that could result in

damage to or loss of data, or could cause the application to behave in

unexpected ways.

Warning!

Identifies critical information about actions that could result in

equipment failure or bodily harm.

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