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 Antenna Radiation Patterns

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Antenna

Radiation Pattern

Horizontal Placement

FAP-U433F Dual Band Antenna Horizontal

FAP-U433F 5.0GHz Antenna Horizontal

 

 

Summary of Contents for FAP-U43 F Series

Page 1: ...o the extent Fort inet enters a binding written contract signed by Fortinet s General Counsel with a purchaser that expressly warrants that the identified product will perform according to certain exp...

Page 2: ...CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT https support fortinet com FORTINET TRAINING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM https www fortinet com support and training training html NSE INSTITUTE https training fortinet com FORTIGUA...

Page 3: ...Supported Controller Types 3 Deployment Considerations 5 802 11ax Deployment 5 WLAN Controller 5 Clients per AP 5 Security Profiles 6 Signal Strength 6 SNR 7 Switch and PoE Guidelines 7 FAP U43xF 7 C...

Page 4: ...8 Setting IP Address 18 Configuring SSID 19 Enable or Disable Radio 19 Configure Sitesurvey Refresh Rate 20 Setting the Tx Power 20 Save Sitesurvey Configuration 20 Using GUI 21 Viewing Sitesurvey Res...

Page 5: ...Table of Contents iii Migrating from 11a b g n ac MCA SCA Networks to 11ax MCA Networks 25 Validating Coverage Post Migration 25 Network Tuning 26 Migrating in FortiWLM 26...

Page 6: ...Table of Contents iv...

Page 7: ...orts configuring two radio interfaces in the 5GHz band This option is sup ported for FAP U43xF ONLY and is disabled by default The FAP supports MCA Multi Channel architecture deployment options such a...

Page 8: ...ecurity Fabric Default Radio Settings Interface 1 defaults to 2 4 GHz 11ax channel 6 20 MHz width Interface 2 defaults to 5 GHz 11ax channel 36 80 MHz width Interface 3 defaults to dual band scanning...

Page 9: ...23 6 Watts Supported Controller Types FAP U433F and FAP U431F are compatible with FortiWLC enterprise wireless LAN control lers integrated FortiGate enterprise firewall LAN controllers and FortiAPClou...

Page 10: ...Supported Controller Types 4...

Page 11: ...s bridged and tunneled In bridged mode also known as the remote AP mode the data traffic from the client is bridged locally at the access layer or edge switch Control and AP management traffic is stil...

Page 12: ...owledge that 11n uses highest modulation rate of 64 QAM With 11ax ac a higher signal strength is required to achieve the highest modulation rate of 1024 QAM This is because 256 and 1024 QAM employs a...

Page 13: ...5G port to gain the 11ax data rates Controller As mentioned previously if the data plane is configured for tunneled mode a 10G uplink from the controller to the connecting switch is recommended as al...

Page 14: ...Switch and PoE Guidelines 8...

Page 15: ...ternal antennas and FAP U433F has ten external antennas This AP can be mounted on the ceiling or a wall The FAP U43xF uses High gain omni directional antennas with 360 degrees Horizontal and greater t...

Page 16: ...Antenna Radiation Patterns 10 Antenna Radiation Patterns This section describes the radiation patterns of the FAP U431F antennas...

Page 17: ...Antenna Radiation Patterns 11 Antenna Radiation Pattern Horizontal Placement FAP U431F Radio 1 3 Horizontal FAP U431F Radio 2 Horizontal...

Page 18: ...Antenna Radiation Patterns 12 Vertical Placement FAP U431F Radio 1 3 Vertical FAP U431F Radio 2 Vertical Antenna Radiation Pattern...

Page 19: ...Antenna Radiation Patterns 13 This section describes the radiation patterns of the FAP U433F antennas...

Page 20: ...Antenna Radiation Patterns 14 Antenna Radiation Pattern Horizontal Placement FAP U433F Dual Band Antenna Horizontal FAP U433F 5 0GHz Antenna Horizontal...

Page 21: ...Antenna Radiation Patterns 15 Vertical Placement FAP U433F Dual Band Antenna Vertical FAP U433F 5 0GHz Antenna Vertical Antenna Radiation Pattern...

Page 22: ...quired to accommodate drop ceiling tiles use the taller ceiling mount bracket 2 Select an appropriate location hold the device against the ceiling t rail and push the For tiAP unit onto the ceiling un...

Page 23: ...right placement of your AP connect your Wi Fi client to the AP that is in the sitesurvey mode and move around the deployment perimeter to identify areas that provide good connectivity based on the re...

Page 24: ...ex refers to the AP radios Enter 1 for radio 0 2 4 Ghz Enter 2 for radio 1 5Ghz To get the list of supported country codes use the ss countrycode help command Note Run the show config command in the s...

Page 25: ...radio1 as FORTINET_SITE_SURVEY_2 4 by default ss sitesurvey ssid 2 if SSID is not specified SSID is assigned to radio2 as FORTINET_SITE_SURVEY_5 by default When using the GUI the browser window will...

Page 26: ...survey GUI page or the CLI Setting the Tx Power sitesurvey txpwr set radio_index tx_power Where radio_index can be 0 1 or 3 Enter 1 for radio 1 2 4 Ghz Enter 2 for radio 2 5 Ghz Enter 3 for both the r...

Page 27: ...survey GUI page enter the IP address of the AP If not previously set enter the default IP address 192 168 0 1 of the AP By default the GUI page shows the sitesurvey results page Click the Configure bu...

Page 28: ...rent channel number Radio 2 4 Ghz Radio 5 Ghz Select ON or OFF to enable or disable a radio Tx Power Radio 0 Tx Power Radio 1 Enter transmit power for each of the radios Maximum value for Radio 0 2 4...

Page 29: ...hese simple installations are characterized by a uniform structure where it is relatively trivial to predict coverage patterns of 11ax APs When coverage planning is required due to highly irregular bu...

Page 30: ...ities it is recommended to configure and use ARRP to reduce the nega tive effects of co channel interference CCI and adjacent channel interference ACI This is true for high AP density Multi Channel Ar...

Page 31: ...ough this area may prefer an 11ax 160 MHz channel to an 11ac 80 MHz channel This could potentially cause some clients to stick to 11ax APs while ignoring 11ac APs that may offer better service Therefo...

Page 32: ...ould be checked and if applicable adjusted There are a number of statistics that should be monitored post deployment to determine how well the network is running such as client counts per radio channe...

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