Connecting high gain antennas on AIR-CAP1602E-E-K9 access points.

[Muhammed Adnan]

Dear Experts, 

I have 1602 Wireless Access point and would want to use it in outdoors within enclosure and running a cable to connect to high gain antennas viz:AIR-ANT1728, could someone please confirm if connecting a high gain antenna on 1602 is an ideal solution. Moreever I have only two AIR-ANT1728, so would it be okay if I connect a different model(viz AIR-ANT2524DW-R) of antenna as the third antenna?

Thanks

[Prakash Parvathala]

The 1602E models are configured with up to three external dual-band dipole antennas, and two
2.4-GHz/5-GHz dual-band radios. The radios and antennas support frequency bands 2400–2500
MHz and 5150–5850 MHz through a common dual-band RF interface. Features of the external
dual-band dipole antennas are:
• Three RTNC antenna connectors on the top of the access point
• Three TX and three RX antennas
These antennas are supported on the 1602E:

Antenna Part Number	Antenna Type	Antenna Gain 2 GHz / 5 GHz
AIR-ANT2524DB-R	Dual-resonant black dipole	2/4
AIR-ANT2524DW-R	Dual-resonant white dipole	2/4
AIR-ANT2524DG-R	Dual-resonant gray dipole	2/4
AIR-ANT2524V4C-R	Dual-resonant, ceiling-mount omni (4-port)	2/4
AIR-ANT2544V4M-R	Dual-resonant omni (4-port)	4/4
AIR-ANT2566P4W-R	Dual-resonant Directional antenna (4-port)	6/6