Antenna Accessories for Enterprise WLANs

A complete selection of antennas and accessories is available to ensure optimal coverage and performance for wireless LANs. Regardless of the size or layout of your environment, from a small office or storefront to campus-wide, multiple-site, indoor and outdoor deployments, antennas, cables and accessories are available to fit your needs.

By combining this portfolio with a broad line of wireless switches, access ports, access points, client connectivity cards, ruggedized mobile voice/data devices and network management software, as well as wireless mobility planning and deployment services. For more information visit https://portal.motorolasolutions.com/Support/US-EN/Wireless+Networks.

Choosing the Right Antenna and accessories for your WLAN

It is important to consider a number of factors when choosing an antenna and accessories for your Enterprise WLAN. To choose the right components, you'll need to know:

• • Where is the antenna to be installed, and what type of coverage is required. Knowing the intended radio band is central. Determine if the intended radio coverage area supports dual 2.4/5.2 band traffic. Has the antenuation of the coverage been discerned in respect to known barriers.
• • The band (802.11b/g/n or 802.11a/n) your network supports
• • Which AP to use
• • Whether you will be deploying the network indoors or outdoors
• • The distance between AP and antenna, to determine extender cable length, if any
• • The serviceablity requirement for each AP and antenna deployment

Review the chart to determine which antennas suit your needs. Using the part numbers provided, determine which of the antennas will work with your hardware in your environment.