topic Problem with antenna in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/problem-with-antenna/m-p/1266145#M101606 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><DIV class="jive-rendered-content"><P>Is there any way (debug, trap,...) the AP can send/show if the external antenna is broken or disconnected? We have lots of AP's installed in a place where sometimes the external antennas can be broken, and I'd like to know if there is a way to know it at the time it happens.</P><P></P><P>Thanks.</P></DIV> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 01:17:44 GMT druiz 2021-07-04T01:17:44Z Problem with antenna https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/problem-with-antenna/m-p/1266145#M101606 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><DIV class="jive-rendered-content"><P>Is there any way (debug, trap,...) the AP can send/show if the external antenna is broken or disconnected? We have lots of AP's installed in a place where sometimes the external antennas can be broken, and I'd like to know if there is a way to know it at the time it happens.</P><P></P><P>Thanks.</P></DIV> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 01:17:44 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/problem-with-antenna/m-p/1266145#M101606 druiz 2021-07-04T01:17:44Z Re: Problem with antenna https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/problem-with-antenna/m-p/1266146#M101607 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There is no such trap.&nbsp; The AP cannot detect whether an antenna is connected or not.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:58:03 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/problem-with-antenna/m-p/1266146#M101607 jeff.kish 2009-11-25T17:58:03Z Re: Problem with antenna https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/problem-with-antenna/m-p/1266147#M101608 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Basically you cannot detect that, however, you can observe signal drops as the radiated power would be less, in case the antenna gets broken. The power will be reflected back, output power will be less.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:21:44 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/problem-with-antenna/m-p/1266147#M101608 Saurav Lodh 2013-08-23T08:21:44Z