Fortress Technologies ecure Wireless Access Bridge User Manual

Fortress Wireless Access Bridge: Installation

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omnidirectional or directional antenna. The antenna and 
cable must be waterproof.

Connect the Bridge's 

 port to an external 802.3af PSE/

PoE (Power Sourcing Equipment/Power over Ethernet) 
source, which—if the 

 port will connect to a satellite link 

or a DSL or cable modem—provides an in-line connection 
to the necessary network device.

 Third par-

ty antennas are

subject to local regulato-
ry requirements. For
outdoor installations,
they  must  be  water-
proof.

To plug in the RJ-45 connector with the boot assembly 
installed: orient the connector correctly with the WAN port, 
and then twist the outer ring of the connector boot 
clockwise until the channels in the ring align with the 
locking studs on the Bridge’s WAN port casing. Continue 
twisting the boot’s outer ring clockwise until the locking 
channels are fully engaged and the boot is flush with the 
port casing. A distinct click in the final turn of the boot’s 
outer ring indicates that connector and boot are securely 
plugged into the Bridge. (Installing the connector boot 
assembly is covered in Section 2.4.3.) 

When the Fortress Bridge is installed indoors, it can be located 
directly on a desktop with no additional hardware, or it can be 
wall mounted, in any orientation—with four, #8, 3/4" wall-
anchored, flathead screws—through the mounting holes in the 
chassis’s four corners.