topic Re: Diversity Antennas in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/diversity-antennas/m-p/231827#M165743 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Any two antennas will work, the "diversity" feature cycles between the antennas, looking for the stronger signal (to help overcome multipath distortion). </P><P></P><P>If you aim the two antennas in two different directions (like the North side of a bulding and the South side of a building), only one antenna is active at a time ... throughput and performance will suffer.</P><P></P><P>If you use two patch antennas, and you are really looking for "diversity" then locate them at least 9" apart facing the same direction (patch antennas are semi-directional / hemispheric).</P><P></P><P>Good Luck</P><P></P><P>Scott</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:15:59 GMT scottmac 2003-10-15T22:15:59Z Diversity Antennas https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/diversity-antennas/m-p/231826#M165742 <P>Do you HAVE to use diversity antennas to use the diversity feature on 1200AP's? Or can you use, for example, 2 seperate patch antennas.</P><P></P> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 16:05:21 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/diversity-antennas/m-p/231826#M165742 fpineda 2021-07-04T16:05:21Z Re: Diversity Antennas https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/diversity-antennas/m-p/231827#M165743 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Any two antennas will work, the "diversity" feature cycles between the antennas, looking for the stronger signal (to help overcome multipath distortion). </P><P></P><P>If you aim the two antennas in two different directions (like the North side of a bulding and the South side of a building), only one antenna is active at a time ... throughput and performance will suffer.</P><P></P><P>If you use two patch antennas, and you are really looking for "diversity" then locate them at least 9" apart facing the same direction (patch antennas are semi-directional / hemispheric).</P><P></P><P>Good Luck</P><P></P><P>Scott</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:15:59 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/diversity-antennas/m-p/231827#M165743 scottmac 2003-10-15T22:15:59Z