Chapter 7
2.4-GHz Radio Upgrade
Step 5
Place the radio card and antenna card on the ESD-protected work surface.
Step 6
Use your fingernail to carefully remove the antenna wire connectors from the 2.4-GHz radio card. Do
not remove the antenna wire connectors from the antenna board.
Caution
Caution
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Step 7
Place the removed 2.4-GHz radio card into an anti-static bag. The antenna card connects to your new
radio card.
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Installing a 2.4-GHz Radio
To install a new 2.4-GHz radio card into the access point, follow these steps:
The internal access point components and the 2.4-GHz radio can be damaged by ESD from improper
Caution
handling.
Carefully remove the new Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz radio card from its anti-static bag.
Step 1
Grasp the radio card only on the edges, being careful not to touch components on the board or the gold
Step 2
connector pins.
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The antenna connectors can be damaged if you use long-nose pliers during the removal
process.
To avoid damaging the antenna wire assemblies, handle them by their connectors.
Antenna Wires
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Antenna card
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2
Radio card
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