Chapter 7
2.4-GHz Radio Upgrade
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 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.
Connect the black antenna wire connector to the radio card antenna connector marked by the black label
Step 3
(see
To avoid damaging the antenna wire assemblies, handle them by their connectors.
Caution
Figure 7-4
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2
Step 4
Connect the white antenna wire connector to the radio card antenna connector marked by the white label
(see
OL-4310-05
Figure
7-4).
Antenna Connector Labels and Mini-PCI Connector
Antenna connector (black wire)
Antenna connector (white wire)
Figure
7-4).
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2
3
3
Mini-PCI connector
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