CommScope RUCKUS R550 User Manual

R550 Access Point
Quick Setup Guide
This Quick Setup Guide pr
ovides step-by-step instrucons on how to install
and begin using your Ruckus R550 dual-band 802.11ax indoor Wi-Fi access
point (AP).
FIGURE 1 R550 Access Point: Top View
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Before You Begin
Before deploying Ruckus products, please check for the latest soware and
the release documentaon.
• Release Notes and other user document
aon are available at hp://
support.ruckuswireless.com/documents.
• Soware upgrades are available at hp://support.ruckuswireless.com/
soware.
• Soware license and limited warranty informaon are available at
hp://support.ruckuswireless.com/warranty.
NOTE: The minimum soware versions for the R550 AP are:
• SmartZone (SZ) 5.2 New AP Model Patch
• ZoneDirector (ZD) 10.4.1 Nave Support
Package Contents
A complete R550 installaon package includes all of the following items:
• R550 Access Point
• One wall-mount anchor kit, including two 1-inch No. 8 steel pan-head
Phillips sheet metal screws and wall-mount anchors
• One external T-bar bracket (two unassembled parts)
• Service Level Agreement/Limited Warranty Statement
• Declaraon of Conformity
• Regulatory Statement
• Ruckus Access Point Geng Started Guide
• AP Cloud Management Insert
• This Quick Setup Guide
Required Hardware Tools
• Admin PC (computer with an Ethernet port and Wi-Fi adapter)
• Cat 5e (or beer) Ethernet cable
• Ruckus Wireless 12 VDC power adapter (sold separately) or
802.3at-compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch or PoE injector
Oponal hardware and tools:
Customer-ordered Ruckus Wireless 902-0120-0000 secure mounng
bracket kit:
• If you are mounng the AP on a at surface using the secure mounng
bracket kit, then you need an electric drill with 4.75-mm (3/16-in.) drill
bits.
• If you are mounng the AP on a pipe or pole using the secure mounng
bracket kit, then you will also need a 38.1-mm to 63.5-mm (1.5-in. to
2.5-in.) pipe or pole, customer-supplied two pole clamps, and hand
tools to ghten the clamps.
Step 1: Connecng Your Computer to the AP
1. Using an Ethernet cable, connect your computer network port to the
PoE port on the AP. Refer to Figure 2.
2. Connect the AC cable of the AC power adapter to a convenient and
protected power source. Connect the DC output cable of the AC
power adapter to the 12 VDC port on the AP.
NOTE: Alternavely, connect the PoE port to a PoE injector or
switch for both power and network connecvity.
Alternavely, connect the computer and the AP with a basic PoE
switch in the following ways:
a) Connect the AP to a switch port.
b) Connect the computer to another switch port and manually
assign an IP address to congure the AP.
FIGURE 2 R550 AP Ports on Boom Panel
TABLE 1 R550 AP Ports
No. Label Descripon
1
1G ETH 10/100/1000 Mbps port: RJ-45 Ethernet
port (non-PoE)
2 PoE 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE In Port: RJ-45
Ethernet port (supports 802.3af/at PoE)
3 12 VDC 12 VDC input
4 USB USB Port
• Maximum Dimensions: 6 cm x 2 cm x
1.1 cm
• Interface: USB 2.0
• Connector: USB – Type-A plug
5 Reset
switch
Resets the AP
3. Verify that the PWR LED on the AP is lit a steady green.
Step 2: Preparing Y
our Computer for AP Setup
NOTE: The following procedures assume Windows is the operang
s
ystem. Procedures for other operang systems are similar.
1. On your Windows PC, navigate to Start > Con
trol Panel > Network
and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Sengs to congure your
network adapter from the Local Area Connecon sengs.
2. Navigate to Local Area Connecon > Properes > Internet Protocol
Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) > Properes to edit the TCP/IPv4 address
sengs.
The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properes dialog box
displays.
Copyright
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2020 CommScope, Inc. All rights r
eserved. Page 1 of 4
Published March 2020, Part Number 800-72433-001 Rev A
Ruckus Wireless Inc.
350 W. Java Dr., Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA
Contact us at www.ruckuswireless.com

CommScope RUCKUS R550 Specifications

General

Brand	CommScope
Model	RUCKUS R550
Category	Wireless Access Point
Language	English