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7 Options and accessories
Your LANCOM device has numerous extensibilities and the possibility to use a
broad choice of LANCOM accessories. You find in this chapter information
about the available accessories and how to use them with your base station.
The range of the base station can be increased by optional antennas of
the AirLancer series and can be adapted to special conditions of environs.
With the LANCOM Public Spot Option option it is possible to extend the
LANCOM for additional billing and accounting functions in order to
upgrade it to a Wireless Public Spot.
7.1
Optional AirLancer Extender antennas
AirLancer Extender antennas are capable of extending the operating range of
the devices, or of adapting access point coverage to local conditions. An over-
view of the supported antennas is available from the LANCOM Web site under
www.lancom.eu.
You will also find further information on calculating the best configu-
ration for AirLancer Extender antennas and third-party antennas that
you wish to connect to the LANCOM under www.lancom.eu.
When assembling separately purchased mobile radio antennas please
note that the maximum allowed transmission power of the wireless
LAN according to EIRP in the country in question may not be excee-
ded. The system operator is responsible for adhering to the threshold
values.
For internal lightning protection, the surge adapter AirLancer
Extender SA-5L is always necessary—the AirLancer Extender SA-5L
is mounted between the Access Point and the antenna, as close to the
antenna as is possible.
Antennas are only to be attached or changed when the device is swit-
ched off. Mounting or demounting antennas while the device swit-
ched on may cause the destruction of the WLAN module!
7.1.1
Antenna diversity
The transmission of radio signals can suffer from significant signal losses
because of reflection and scatter, among other reasons. In some areas, the
LANCOM L-300 Access Point series
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