Antenna Switch; Chapter 19 Antenna Switch; Overview; What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications HD User Manual

19.1 Overview

Use this screen to adjust coverage depending on the orientation of the antenna.

19.1.1 What You Need To Know

Positioning the antennas properly increases the range and coverage area of a wireless LAN.
On the NWA/WAC that comes with internal antennas and also has an antenna switch, you can adjust
coverage depending on the orientation of the antenna for the NWA/WAC radios using the web
configurator, the command line interface (CLI) or a physical switch. Check
Table 2 on page 14
Figure 123 WAC6103D-I Physical Antenna Switch
Note: With the physical antenna switch, you apply the same antenna orientation settings to
both radios. You can set the radios to have different settings while using the web
configurator or the command line interface.
Note: The antenna switch in the web configurator has priority over the physical antenna
switch after you Enable Software Control in the Maintenance > Antenna screen. By
default, software control is disabled.

19.2 Antenna Switch Screen

To access this screen, click Maintenance > Antenna.

Antenna Switch

to see if your NWA/WAC has an antenna switch.
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