Mount The Base Station Or Repeater On The Ceiling - Cisco 6800 Series Administration Manual

Mount the Base Station or Repeater on the Ceiling

Step 2
Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the LAN port.
Step 3 If you don't use PoE, plug the power adapter into the base station and then into the electrical outlet.
Step 4
If the LED flashes red after a few minutes, do these steps:
a) Locate the Reset button on the bottom edge of the base station.
b) Press and hold Reset until the LED is a solid red.
c) Release Reset.
The LED should flash amber and then try to connect. If the LED doesn't light green, then the base station
can't get an IP address. See
What to do next
Mount the base station with one of these procedures:
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Mount the Base Station or Repeater on the Ceiling

You can mount the base station or repeater on a ceiling. They use a custom ceiling mount bracket that you
can install on the ceiling. You need to order the ceiling mount bracket.
Figure 7: Ceiling Mount Bracket
The base station and repeater have a range of up to 984 feet (300 meters) outdoors and a range of 164 feet
(50 meters) indoors.
In this task, the term device means the base station or repeater.
Before you begin
You need:
• Ceiling mount bracket
• Pencil
• Mounting hardware (screws and plugs) suitable for the ceiling construction.
Cisco IP DECT 6800 Series Administration Guide
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Base Station LED is Solid Red, on page 163
Mount the Base Station or Repeater on the Ceiling, on page 26
Mount the Base Station or Repeater on a Desk, on page 30
Mount the Base Station or Repeater on the Wall, on page 31
Hardware Installation
for further help.