Antenna Connectors; Ethernet Port(S); Powering The Wap-200 - Colubris Networks WAP200 - Small Business Wireless-G Access Point Administrator's Manual

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Antenna The WAP-200 has two antenna connectors, MAIN on the front panel and AUX on the
rear.
connectors
Both antennas are used to transmit and receive. If you use a single antenna, you can
attach it to either connector.
The connectors are reverse-polarity SMA male jacks. This means antennas or cable
connectors must have reverse-polarity SMA female connectors. Antennas can be either
directly attached or attached through a coax cable. When using a coax cable, it is
recommended that you connect it to the MAIN connector.
Antenna diversity
The WAP-200 supports both transmit and receive diversity.
Transmit diversity
The WAP-200 always transmits on the antenna it receives. If transmission fails, the
WAP-200 automatically switches antennas and retries.
Receive diversity
• In 802.11b, the WAP-200 does selection diversity, which means selecting the antenna
• For 802.11a and 802.11g, including mixed 802.11b and 802.11g, the receiver

Ethernet port(s)

The WAP-200 has a single Ethernet port.
By default the WAP-200 is configured to operate as a DHCP client to set the address of
port 1. If a DHCP server is not found connected to Port 1, the address 192.168.1.1 is
assigned to Port 1 and the wireless port.
Note: Do not connect the Ethernet ports directly to a metropolitan area network (MAN)
or wide area network (WAN).
Important: All Ethernet port connections must be made with a shielded Ethernet cable.
Powering the There are two ways to power the WAP-200: DC adapter or PoE.
WAP-200
DC power adapter
The supplied DC power adaptor provides 2A at 5V.
Important: The power adapter is not rated for use in plenum installations.
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
The WAP-200 supports PoE and can be used with any IEEE 802.3af compliant power
injector.
Important: Cisco PoE injectors are not compliant with IEEE 802.3af and cannot be
used with the WAP-200.
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for receive based on the SNR calculated while receiving the preamble, on a per frame
basis.
switches antenna when the signal quality goes below a certain threshold.