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Chapter 4 Upgrading the 2.4-GHz Radio
Installing a 2.4-GHz Radio
Installing a 2.4-GHz Radio
To install a new 2.4-GHz radio card into the access point, follow these steps:
Caution
The internal access point components and the 2.4-GHz radio can be damaged by ESD from improper
handling.
Step 1
Carefully remove the Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz radio card from its anti-static bag.
Step 2
Grasp the radio card only on the edges, being careful not to touch components on the board or the gold
connector pins.
Step 3
Connect the black antenna wire connector to the radio card antenna connector marked by the black label
(see
Figure 4-4
).
Caution
To avoid damaging the antenna wire assemblies, handle them by their connectors.
Figure 4-4
Antenna Connector Labels and Mini-PCI Connector
Step 4
Connect the white antenna wire connector to the radio card antenna connector marked by the white label
(see
Figure 4-4
).
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Antenna connector (black wire)
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Mini-PCI connector
2
Antenna connector (white wire)
