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Cisco Aironet Series 1600/2600/3600 Access Point Deployment Guide, Release 7.5
External Antenna Options and Patterns
AIR-ANT2524DW-R – Dual-band (White) dipole (4 required) – 2/4 dBi Dipole
AIR-ANT2524DG-R – Dual-band (Grey) dipole (4 required) – 2/4 dBi Dipole
AIR-ANT2524V4C-R – Dual-band Omni-directional (1 required) – 2/4 dBi Ceiling mount Omni use
AIR-ANT2544V4M-R– Dual-band Omni-directional (1 required) – 4/4 dBi Wall mount Omni use
AIR-ANT2566P4W-R– Dual band directional (1 required) – 6 dBi Patch wall mount use
Note These are all dual-band, dual-resonant antennas. Do not use single-band antennas on this product unless
you choose to disable the other radio band within the AP. Also, in the case of the AP 1600 only three
dipole antennas are required (not four) if using the ceiling, wall or patch mount simply leave the 4th
antenna lead unused.
For additional information on Cisco antennas, see the Cisco Antenna Reference Guide at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps7183/ps469/
product_data_sheet09186a008008883b.html
The antenna reference guide will have details for all Cisco antennas; you can also find individual
datasheets at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps469/index.html
The two most popular external antennas for the AP 3600e are the AIR-ANT2524Dx-R dual-band dipole
antenna (Figure 31 and Figure 32) and the AIR-ANT2566P4W-R dual-band patch antenna (Figure 33
and Figure 34).