Antenna Options - Motorola AP7131 Installation Manual

Installation Guide 9

2.3.1 Antenna Options

Two antenna suites are supported. One antenna suite supporting the 2.4 GHz band and another antenna suite
supporting the 5 GHz band. Select an antenna best suited to the intended operational environment of your Access
Point. The AP7131N Access Point can be purchased in a three radio configuration. If a three radio SKU is purchased,
the Access Point ships with a single antenna, factory connected, to the Access Point chassis (next to the existing
R1-A connector). This antenna is in addition to the other six antennas available to the Access Point's other two
radios. The single antenna supporting the AP7131N's third radio supports sensor mode only and can not function
as a WLAN radio.
Antenna connectors for single radio Access Point are located on the same side of the Access Point as the LAN and
WAN port connections (GE1/POE and GE2). On single radio versions, the R-SMA connectors can support both bands
and should be connected to a R-SMA dual-band antenna or an appropriate single band antenna. If necessary a
R-SMA to R-BNC adapter (Part No. 25-72178-01) can be purchased separately.
R1 defines the Access Point's radio 1 antenna connectors and R2 defines radio 2 antenna connectors.
Certain Rogue AP Detection features use a radio to perform dual-band scanning. The dedicated radio should be
connected to an appropriate dual-band dipole antenna (Part No. ML-2452-APA2-01).