Meru Networks AP150 Installation Manual page 65

4. If you are using plastic anchors, install them in the holes.
5. Screw in the screws most of the way, so that the screw head is about 1/16 of an
6. Align the AP150 keyholes over the mounting screws and slightly pull down (or
7. For external antennas, loosen the knurled ring at the base of each antenna (see
8. Connect one end of the PoE 100BaseT Ethernet cable to the 100/1000 Ethernet
Vertical Mounting with the Mounting Bracket
The AP150 uses thumbscrews to attach to the mounting bracket or mounting plate
that allows the access point to be mounted on a vertical surface. Additionally, three
shoulder screws may be installed on the mounting bracket to allow the AP150 and
attached bracket to mount over a previously installed Cisco 1200 mounting bracket.
To vertically mount an AP:
1. If not mounting the AP150 to a previously installed third-party mounting bracket,
2. Using the bracket holes as a template, remove the bracket from the AP150 (or use
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inch from the wall.
across, if mounting sideways).
Figure 33), point the antenna straight up, then retighten the ring.
connector, shown in Figure
use a 1/8" Allen wrench to remove the shoulder screws from the mounting
bracket, if already attached.
the stencil in Appendix D, "Mounting Bracket Stencils") to mark the location on
the wall for the two AP bracket mounting screws. They are placed 4.3 inches
apart, center-to-center. If you are not using plastic wall anchors, you must center
the mounting screws on a wall stud. If you do not center the mounting screws on
a wall stud, you must use plastic wall anchors.
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