Aironet 1310 and external Omni 5.2dbi antenna

[Burgal]

Hi there.

I have two AIR-ANT2506 antenna on a mast with an aironet 1310g access point. I have this mounted to the roof of my building. I recently installed this, trying to get wireless phone coverage of our parking lot.

The problem is that, even when the ap is on its own channel, I can only go about 30m with line of site to the antenna and then the signal drops off to a point where its not usuable to carry on a conversation. The signal strength is very low and in fact I can get better reception using inour APs with rubber ducky antennae than I can with this omni directional antenna.

I wondering if there is anything I need to do to get the AP to work better with these antenna.

So far I have unpacked and installed AP with antenna. Configured AP with IP, default radio settings with long preamble. QoS settings and vlans/encrption and mbssids.

Any advice?

Thanks

 

[Supergrrover]

Try these

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/antennas_2400_out_sector.php

I have installed a ton of these (15db) and they are good for 400-500 feet with >50%.


Brent
Systems Engineer / Consultant
CCNP, CCSP