The Cisco AIR-ANT2566P4W-R= is an excellent antenna for broad coverage. The Cisco AIR-ANT2566D4M-R is also a good option for more focused coverage. You can find similar antennas available at a lower cost, with relatively the same specs and performance like https://www.tessco.com/product/2-4-5ghz-6dbi-dual-polarized-directional-antenna-279467. I find that between Ventev and Acceltex you can find just about any antenna you need to meet your requirements.
If you have Ekahau, it will have a long list of supported vendor antennas with their radiation patterns and you can drop them into a project to see what the coverage will look like. Very useful tool. Hector Rios, UT Austin From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> On Behalf Of Kris Vangeel Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2021 6:25 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Experience with Directional External Antennas on Cisco Which directional antenna brands (patch and high density patch) do you use on Cisco APs and what are your experiences them (good or bad) ? (We mainly used 2802 APs until recently and have moved towards 9120 APs as our standard AP) Thanks a lot Kris Vangeel University of Leuven This message is from an external sender. Learn more about why this matters.<https://ut.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article&number=KB0011401> ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
