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GundarooPH
Dec 01, 2020Initiate
LBR20 support for dual polarity external antennas in MIMO configuration
Hi folks, Looking to buy the LBR20 and cannot find any explicit confirmation that it supports MIMO using dual polarity antenna setups (whereas the Nighthawk M1 specs do state that it supports MIMO o...
Blanca_O
Dec 14, 2020NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi GundarooPH
Welcome to NETGEAR Community!
The LBR20 has full MIMO function even if an SMA antenna isn't connected.
LBR20 default antennas are dipole antenna design. If you plan to use an external antenna, it should be a dipole antenna as well. Directional antennas should not be used, since it will result in a bad performance because it could not point to a base station directly.
Regards,
Blanca
Community Team
MEDUCK7
Dec 15, 2020Tutor
Hello, Do you have any samples to select for dipole antenna for LBR20?