Outdoor Aps - Typical Horizontal Orientation; Elevation Of Raps And Maps - Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 User Manual

Smart Mesh Networking Best Practices
Mounting and Orientation of APs

Outdoor APs - Typical Horizontal Orientation

Outdoor APs are typically mounted in a horizontal orientation, as shown in
typical orientation would be vertically mounted.
Figure 192. Outdoor AP typical horizontal orientation

Elevation of RAPs and MAPs

In addition to orientation, it is important to also pay attention to the elevation of an AP for
reliable mesh operation. More specifically, large differences in elevation should be avoided.
So whether you are deploying an indoor mesh, an outdoor mesh, or a mixed indoor-outdoor
mesh, you should ensure that as far as convenient and possible, MAPs and RAPs should all be
at a similar elevation from the ground. For example, for an indoor-outdoor mesh, if all your
indoor RAPs and MAPs are at ceiling height (standard 15-foot ceiling), then you would not want
to mount the outdoor MAPs on 40-foot poles. You would want to keep all MAPs and RAPs at
around the same elevation from the ground.
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