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Quick Start Guide 802.11g 54Mbps WLAN Building to Building Bridge Outdoor: 3CRWEASYG73 Indoor: 3CRWE920G73 http://www .3com.com/ Published July 2005 Quick S tart g uide version2.
3Com Corporation Page 1 1 Introduction Thank you for choos ing the 3Com Corporation 802. 11g 54Mbps Wireless LAN Building to Building Bridge. The outdoor version o f 3Com 802.
3Com Corporation Page 2 2 Package Contents Please ensure that the pa ckage is complete befo re beginning with the installation. The pack age should include the follo wing c ompo nents : 3CRWE920G73 Indoor 802. 11g 54M bps Build ing to Buil ding Bri dge 3CRWEASYG73 Outdoor 8 02.
3Com Corporation Page 3 3 Hardware Installation Installing the 3CRWE920G73 Indoor Wireless Bridge On a flat su rface 1 Fin d a surface that is clear of debris. 2 S et the bri dge down on its four r ubber feet . On a wall 1 Use th e mounting template as a gu ide to make two marks 7.
3Com Corporation Page 4 Connect the antenna 1 Co nnect one end of the ante nna cable to the an tenna. 2 C onnect the free end of th e antenna cable to the connection on the bridge.
3Com Corporation Page 5 Installing the 3CRWEASYG 73 Outdoor Wirele ss Bridge Mount the Unit to a Mast Follow the instructions that come with the bridg e mounting hardware and follow the general guidelines listed below. NOTE: Mast should extend above bridge 1 meter (3 ft) Recommended Pole Diameter = 2’ ’ - - - 2.
3Com Corporation Page 6 Align an d Polarize th e Units For optimal performance, po sition the antenn a so that there are m inimal obstacles bet ween it and any other antenna with which it will communicate. W hile maintaining a dir ect line of sight between antennas is not strictly necessar y, such a configuration helps to ensu re a strong signal.
3Com Corporation Page 7 Antenna Specification The following antennas and cables are available from 3Com Corporation: Antennas 3CWE591 - 6/8dBi D ual-Band Omni directional An tenna 3CWE598 - 8/10dBi Du.
3Com Corporation Page 8 Connect to the Power Sour ce and the Local Network Connect a twisted pair C AT5 Ethernet cable from the ’ ’To Hub/Switch’ ’ port of the PoE Adapter to a free port on th.
3Com Corporation Page 9 LED Indicators After the correct connec tion, the Power LED an d the Ethernet link LED o f the 3CRWE920G73 indo or bridge should light up.
3Com Corporation Page 10 5 Find your New Wireless Bridge To find your new Wireless Bridg e you will need to connect the Wire less Bridge to the same physical LAN network as your PC. By de fault , the Wir eless Bridge wil l use DHCP Clien t mode t o get an I P addre ss from a DH CP Ser ver.
3Com Corporation Page 1 1 If 3Com Wireless Infrastructure D evice Manager (WIDMAN) finds that your PC canno t connect to the Wireless Bridge by IP, it would pop-up a dialog req uesting that you change the IP address of the devi ce. Then the utility will pro mpt you to enter the pa sswor d of the br idge.
3Com Corporation Page 12 6 Default Settings. Property Default Setting Device Name 3Com Building -to-Building Bridge Country For U.S. version , United States For non- U.S ver sion, s et by the us er IP Network Setting Obtain IP address automatical ly IP Address Obtained au tomatically (with a DHCP serv er) 169.
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