External Antennas; Transmission Power - Hirschmann BAT54-F Series User Manual

1.4

External antennas

External antennas are required to operate the access point.
You will find an overview of the antennas that are supported and can be con-
nected, along with the technical data, on the Hirschmann website under
www.hirschmann-ac.com.
When installing external antennas, make sure that you adhere to the reg-
ulations of the country in which you are operating the WLAN device.
1.4.1

Transmission power

The operator of a WLAN radio installation must ensure that the transmission
threshold values are adhered to.
Hirschmann provides support in adhering to the transmission power thresh-
old values.
Use LANconfig to start the configuration of the device. (This program is
located on the CD provided.)
Go to the settings for "Wireless LAN".
There you enter the country in which you are installing the device (see the
following figure).
Then you open the configuration for the physical interface to which you
are connecting the antenna. On the "Radio" tab you will find an entry field
for the "antenna gain" (see the following figure).
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