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Wireless 11b Access Point AP11B User’s Guide

3.3 Installing Your AP11B

Positioning
The AP11B can be free-standing, wall- or ceiling-mounted.

(Refer to 3.3.1 Free-standing Installation, 3.3.2 Wall- or

Ceiling-mounted Installation for details.) Before making

the AP11B workable, please note that the AP11B should be

placed in a location with the followings:

- Easy accessibility: you can conveniently connect the

AP11B to the xDSL/Cable Modem through the Ethernet

port.

- Easy LEDs observation: you may monitor the real-time

networking status and take instant measures as

problems arise.

- Maximum wireless coverage: to achieve the maximal

coverage, the AP11B should be placed at a high level in

position without obstacles and defiladed space. No

matter how you install the AP11B--- in a wall-mounted

or free-standing fashion, remember the antenna should

always point vertically upward .

Connecting Cables
1. Plug the DC end of the power adapter into the

connector of the AP11B, and the AC end to the

wall outlet later.

2. For wired connection, connect the AP11B to the LAN

port.

Power Up
When the DC end of the power adapter is connected the

AP11B, plug the AC end of the power adapter to the wall

outlet can power up the system; and, the system will

perform POST (Power-On-Self-Test) to diagnose the system.