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Aussie_Warrior
Dec 02, 2019Aspirant
WAC5xx Antennae Radiation Patterns
Where can I find the Antennae Radiation Patterns (Smith charts) for these units for installation purposes? Are the patterns circular, oval, or ? and the radial coverage? Are they 10m, 20m or 30meter...
- Dec 10, 2019
Thanks for your replies, however after reading another thread on a similar issue I decided to raise a support ticket. The assistance I recieved from Nicco RE: Smith charts was exceptional. Many thanks.
schumaku
Dec 02, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Aussie_Warrior wrote:Where can I find the Antennae Radiation Patterns (Smith charts) for these units for installation purposes?
Never seen one here.
Aussie_Warrior wrote:Are the patterns circular, oval, or ?
For simplicity - take it as circular for these wall- or overhead-mounted APs.
Aussie_Warrior wrote:and the radial coverage? Are they 10m, 20m or 30meters?
There are many other factors - an open-air coverage can be in the 80...100 meters range. These are numbers I remember from Cisco-Meraki or HPE specs. Finally it depends on the client density in an area.where you will run more APs on lower power.
Aussie_Warrior wrote:Other companies can do it, why not Netgear?
While this would be interesting information, indeed.
The effective reach is defined by the maximum regulatory allowed emitted power - and all vendors go near to the limits.
There might be a difference if a vendor can offer three WAC505 for less than 200 USD or a tri-radio WAC540 for about the same price tag - while other vendors easily ask for 1000...1500 USD per AP (with some years cloud management coverage).
- Aussie_WarriorDec 05, 2019Aspirant
Thanks for your assistance but if I can get the answer to the first question then the others will fall into place.
The Q being: "Where can I find the Antennae Radiation Patterns (Smith charts) for these units for installation purposes?"
Can anybody else shed some light here?
- Aussie_WarriorDec 10, 2019Aspirant
Thanks for your replies, however after reading another thread on a similar issue I decided to raise a support ticket. The assistance I recieved from Nicco RE: Smith charts was exceptional. Many thanks.
- DaneADec 11, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello fellow community members,
Attached here is the document about the WAC540 Radiation Pattern. Feel free to download it. :)
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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