Help choosing external N-antennas

[Daniel Vinyals Beltran]

Hello

I'm trying to choose the appropiate AP and external antennas for one of my best customer but I have doubts. Let me explain them and I wish you can help me.

I must choose between AP 1262 and 2600e and according to the document (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps7183/ps469/at_a_glance_c45-513837.pdf) there are antennas specifically for 1260 and others for 1600 and 2600 series. I have reviewd the datasheet of every antenna and all of them have RP-TNC connectors. So, the questions are:

- can I use a AIR-ANT2566P4W-R on a 1260 AP?

- can I use a AIR-ANT2451NV-R on a 2600 AP?

In other words, can I use all the antennas labeled (in this document) for 2600 on a 1260 and viceversa? Thank you very much

Dani

[Scott Fella]

Well the issue is that the 1600, 2600 and 3600 uses dual band antennas. The 1260 doesn't, but you can.

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[Scott Fella]

So to clarify:). The antenna ports for the 1260 is dedicated to either 2.4ghz or 5ghz. The 1600, 2600 and 3600 has dual band support. Makes sense?

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[Daniel Vinyals Beltran]

Hi Scott

the 1260 also use Dual-band antennas. In fact, i have another customer with 1262 AP and AIR-ANT2451NV-R antenna. That one is on the pdf I linked on the initial document and is a Dual-band for 1260 and 3500 APs. I would like to know if I can use it on a 2600e AP.

Dani

[Scott Fella · Accepted solution]

Yes you can. What I'm saying is dual band will work for a radio that is a single band or a radio that is dual band.

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[Stephen Rodriguez]

that is a 6 element antenna.  so 3 for 2.4 and 3 for 5.  it won't work on the 2600.  You would want to look at either

AIR-ANT2524V4C-R

HTH,
Steve

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