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Cisco Integrated Services Router Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Product Overview
Cisco 860, 880, 890 Series
Supported Cisco Radio Antennas
The Cisco 891, Cisco 892, and Cisco 892F come with three removable dipole antennas that can be
replaced using the Cisco approved antenna extenders listed in
Note
Cisco supports only the antennas listed in
with the Cisco 890 series dual-band radio module.
Single-band
802.11b/g/n
radio module
Cisco 880 series routers
with embedded WLAN
antennas
2.4 GHz
100 Mb/s per radio,
up to 200 Mb/s
total
Autonomous and
unified
Three embedded,
omnidirectional
antennas: 2 dBi at
2.4 GHz
Dual-band
802.11a/n and
802.11b/g/n
radio modules
2.4 GHz
and
5 GHz
Three embedded,
dual-band,
omnidirectional
antennas: 2 dBi at
2.4 GHz and 5 dBi at
5 GHz
Dual-band
simultaneous
802.11a/n and
802.11b/g/n
radio modules
Cisco 890
2.4 GHz
and 5 GHz
100 Mb/s per radio,
up to 200 Mb/s
total
Autonomous and
unified
Three dual-band,
removable,
2.4-GHz/5-GHz
omnidirectional dipole
RP-TNC antenna
2
1.
Actual data rate is highly dependent on your wireless environment.
2.
The antennas require some minor installation. They must be screwed onto the RP-TNC antenna connectors on the I/O side of the chassis. See the following
document on Cisco.com for feature information:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/wireless/hardware/notes/antdip.html
Table 1-48
Wireless Device Radios and Antennas
Radio Module
Platform
Radio Band
Maximum Data
Throughput
1
Mode
Antenna
Table 1-49
Cisco Antennas Supported on the Cisco 890 Series ISRs
Cisco Part Number
Antenna Type
Maximum Gain
Description
AIR-ANTM2050D-R
Omnidirectional
2.0 dBi at 2.4 GHz
5.0 dBi at 5 GHz
This is the default antenna. It is a swivel-mount
dipole dual-band blade antenna. For more
information, see
Dipole Antenna (AIR-ANTM2050D-R)
AIR-ANTM4050V-R
Omnidirectional
4.0 dBi at 2.4 GHz
5.0 dBi at 5 GHz
Ceiling-mount dual-band antenna. This antenna
has a clip that allows it to be mounted on a
drop-ceiling cross member. For more information,
see
Cisco Multiband Diversity Omnidirectional
AIR_ANTM5560P-R
Patch
5.5 dBi at 2.4 GHz
6.0 dBi at 5 GHz
Wall-mount dual-band antenna. For more
information, see