Bluesocket BlueSecure 1540, Installation Manual

Provisioning Your Bluesocket WLAN for BSAPs

BlueSecure™ Access Point 1540 Installation Guide

5

Kensington Security Slot

The BSAP includes a Kensington security slot on the rear panel. You can prevent 

unauthorized removal of the BSAP by wrapping a Kensington security cable (not 

provided) around an unmovable object, inserting the lock into the slot, and 

turning the key.

802.11a/802.11bg External Antenna Connectors

The BSAP-1540 provides two standard Reverse SMA connectors that enable you 

to connect external 802.11 antennas. Bluesocket has qualified and recommends 

use of the following external antennas with the BSAP-1540.

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Note: 

By default, use of the external antennas is disabled in the BSAP-1540’s 

configuration. You must enable use of the external antennas when you configure 

the BSAP-1540 from the BlueSecure Controller.

Provisioning Your Bluesocket WLAN for BSAPs

There are prerequisites that must be met before deploying BSAPs in a live 

network environment. These prerequisites ensure that the BSAPs are able to 

discover and connect to a host BlueSecure Controller. Implementing these 

prerequisites also relieves you from the need to manually configure each 

deployed BSAP.
The deployment prerequisites for BSAPs are:
•

BSAP IP Address

 - Each BSAP requires a unique IP address.

•

Host BlueSecure Controller IP Address

 - Each BSAP also needs the IP 

address of the host BSC to which it will connect and from which it will obtain 

its software image and configuration.

This section describes how to provision your Bluesocket WLAN when deploying 

BSAPs:
• on the same Layer-2 subnet as the BSC
• across a routed network with Layer-3 connectivity to the BSC

Table 3-1: External Antennas for the BSAP-1540

Bluesocket

Part Number

Description

ANT-001-000-00-0

Cushcraft External Antenna (S24497P); 

dual band-802.11a/b/g directional panel

ANT-002-000-00-0

Cushcraft External Antenna (S24493DS); 

dual band-802.11a/b/g omni- directional with diversity

ANT-003-000-00-0

Cushcraft External Antenna (S24135DA);

802.11b/g Wide Angle Coverage directional antenna

ANT-004-000-00-0

Cushcraft External Antenna (S2403BPX);

802.11b/g omni-directional antennas for large coverage areas