Can we use non cisco wap antennas on cisco waps

[aftaleb]

We have ordered cisco wap CW9163E-MR without antenna CW-ANT-01-NS-00

Ordering cisco antenna will take long time, Can i use equivalent antenna for aruba or another vendor with cisco wap CW9163E-MR ?

[jagan.chowdam]

Ref: https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/MR_Installation_Guides/CW9163E-MR_Installation_Guide

I would check with Cisco/Meraki SE before exploring Non-Cisco Meraki approved antennas.

Jagan Chowdam

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[Leo Laohoo]

As long as the 3rd party antenna supports tri-band then yes.  Everyone else does it.

[Rich R]

@Leo Laohoo as per @jagan.chowdam 's answer that may not longer be true.
I believe this is because of the 6GHz regulatory compliance requirements - Cisco needs to be able to guarantee that the GPS/GNSS location for AFC is accurate and they can only do that with a Cisco certified antenna so third party antenna is not allowed.  I doubt that they plan to certify third party products for Cisco APs.

[aftaleb]

Update

I used cisco antenna dual band AIR-ANT2547VG-N and it is working fine (2.4g&5g only). 

But still want to know if someone tried 3rd party antenna.