Problem on Cisco AP 1240AG and External Antenna

Hi all :
I am setting and configure the Cisco AP 1240AG with 5GHz External Antenna extension. The whole product is called iWap. The problem now is that the wireless signal amplitude only can reach 3 bars instaed of ful 5 bars.
Please help below few questions I have for this setup and configuration :
1. What is the default or original frequency of antenna of Cisco AP1240AG? Can a 5GHz antenna work with the AP 1240AG whereby it is run with 802.11a and 802.11g?
2. If 5GHz antenna can work with 802.11a or 802.11g, what is the setting or configuration needed to be done at the Cisco 1240AG? Or, no setting or configuration needed because it will automatically work by default?
Many Thanks in advance and best regards,
tangsuan

1240 is the product "line," 1242 is the specific model. The come in both G and AG variants. The link below is a picture of an AG variant (with both an 2.4 Ghz "A" radio and a 5 Ghz "G" radio). The two antenna ports on the top in the blow image are for the 5 Ghz radio, and there should be some blue text indicating as much.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/wireless/ps5678/ps6521/prod_large_photo0900aecd8031d92d.jpg
If you don't have the two antenna ports on top, and just have two near the ethernet and console ports, then you have a "G" model, which only have a 2.4 Ghz radio. See my pic below. G model on the left, AG on the right.

Similar Messages

Nokia 3315 with cradle and external antenna(car an...

I have an old 3315 and I use it on a boat with an external antenna to get a better calling range.
My old 3315 is now having repair problems and I want to buy (on eBay) a more modern phone but still use the cradle and external antenna. A problem with the 3315 is that they are becoming uncommon and the ones that are available have been well used and often have tech problems now.
I see that the 3310 has a similar shape and no doubt the cradle fits it also. I have the antenna on a long piece of coax cable and pull it up the mast on the sailboat to improve the reception.
Can anyone give me some help with this? The more modern I go the more features I get (eg mp3 player,radio reception) however I still want to retain the existing external antenna setup as it is great for camping and boating to stay in touch.
Thanks
Peter

Also, what is the length of the cable, and what is the model No of the cradle?
I have a 3310 and can test how well it works with your setup.

Cisco 877W router and external ADSL modem

Cisco 877W router and external ADSL modem
In order to support ADSL2+ on a pre ADSL2+ router and in preparation for a later migration to BT infinity I am trying to configure the Router using an external adsl2+ modem appropriately.
The original configuration had 3 ports configured as one (internal lan) vlan and bridge group together with one wireless sub-interface, the remaining port configured a second vlan and bridge group with a second wireless sub- interface. The Dialer was a member of the second bridge group. This way the second wireless interface and associated bridge group provided a kind of DMZ for outbound access.
The configuration I am attempting is similar the lan ports remain the same, but port 0 as a member of the vlan and bridge group (now a pppoe client) associated with one of the wireless sub interfaces as per above. The ATM interface is downed. This nearly works except that if the wireless subinterface on this bridge group is configured the dialer no longer dials giving a 'no dialer string' error. If I do not configure that wireless sub interface all works well.
If anyone is interested to look I would appreciate any comments. I enclose a sanitised config in which you will note the 'commented out' wireless subnet interface (in red).
version 12.4
no service pad
service tcp-keepalives-in
service tcp-keepalives-out
service timestamps debug datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service timestamps log datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service password-encryption
service sequence-numbers
hostname xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
logging buffered 4096 warnings
enable secret 5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
aaa new-model
aaa group server radius sdm-vpn-server-group-2
aaa group server radius rad_eap
server 192.168.253.1 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813
server 192.168.253.1 auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646
aaa group server radius rad_mac
aaa group server radius rad_acct
aaa group server radius rad_admin
aaa group server tacacs+ tac_admin
aaa group server radius rad_pmip
aaa group server radius dummy
aaa authentication login default local
aaa authentication login sdm_vpn_xauth_ml_2 group sdm-vpn-server-group-2
aaa authentication login eap_methods group rad_eap
aaa authentication login mac_methods local
aaa authorization exec default local
aaa authorization ipmobile default group rad_pmip
aaa authorization network sdm_vpn_group_ml_2 local
aaa accounting network acct_methods start-stop group rad_acct
aaa session-id common
clock timezone PCTime 0
clock summer-time PCTime date Mar 30 2003 1:00 Oct 26 2003 2:00
crypto pki trustpoint TP-self-signed-2834265337
enrollment selfsigned
subject-name cn=IOS-Self-Signed-Certificate-2834265337
revocation-check none
rsakeypair TP-self-signed-2834265337
crypto pki certificate chain TP-self-signed-2834265337
certificate self-signed 01 nvram:IOS-Self-Sig#2F.cer
dot11 syslog
dot11 ssid GuestAP
   vlan 101
   authentication open
   authentication key-management wpa
   mbssid guest-mode
   wpa-psk ascii 7 113B162712001F4A2D2B25
dot11 ssid LanAP
   vlan 100
   authentication open eap eap_methods
   authentication network-eap eap_methods
   authentication key-management wpa
   mbssid guest-mode
no ip source-route
ip cef
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.1
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.252.1 192.168.252.8
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.252.15 192.168.252.254
ip dhcp pool sdm-pool1
   import all
   network 192.168.252.0 255.255.255.0
   domain-name XXX.Local
   dns-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
   default-router 192.168.252.254
ip auth-proxy max-nodata-conns 3
ip admission max-nodata-conns 3
no ip bootp server
no ip domain lookup
ip domain name XXX.Local
ip name-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip name-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip reflexive-list timeout 120
vpdn enable
vpdn-group 1
request-dialin
protocol pppoe
username administrator privilege 15 secret 5 £££££££££££££££££££££
class-map type inspect match-any IN_to_OUT_CLASS
match protocol tcp
match protocol udp
match protocol icmp
class-map type inspect match-any OUT_to_IN_CLASS
match protocol https
match protocol smtp extended
class-map type inspect match-any DMZ_to_IN_CLASS
match protocol http
match protocol https
match protocol smtp extended
policy-map type inspect DMZ_to_IN_POL
class type inspect DMZ_to_IN_CLASS
inspect
class class-default
drop log
policy-map type inspect IN_to_OUT_POL
class type inspect IN_to_OUT_CLASS
inspect
class class-default
drop log
policy-map type inspect OUT_to_IN_POL
class type inspect OUT_to_IN_CLASS
inspect
class class-default
drop log
zone security INSIDE
zone security OUTSIDE
zone security DMZ
zone-pair security OUT_TO_IN source OUTSIDE destination INSIDE
service-policy type inspect OUT_to_IN_POL
zone-pair security IN_TO_OUT source INSIDE destination OUTSIDE
service-policy type inspect IN_to_OUT_POL
zone-pair security DMZ_TO_OUT source DMZ destination OUTSIDE
service-policy type inspect IN_to_OUT_POL
zone-pair security DMZ_TO_IN source DMZ destination INSIDE
service-policy type inspect DMZ_to_IN_POL
bridge irb
interface Loopback0
no ip address
interface Null0
no ip unreachables
interface ATM0
no ip address
shutdown
no atm ilmi-keepalive
dsl operating-mode auto
interface FastEthernet0
description Outside Interface (PPPoE)
interface FastEthernet1
description Inside Interface
switchport access vlan 10
interface FastEthernet2
description Inside Interface
switchport access vlan 10
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet3
description Inside Interface
switchport access vlan 10
spanning-tree portfast
interface Dot11Radio0
no ip address
no ip route-cache cef
no ip route-cache
encryption vlan 100 mode ciphers aes-ccm tkip
encryption vlan 101 mode ciphers aes-ccm tkip
ssid GuestAP
ssid LanAP
mbssid
speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
channel 2437
station-role root
interface Dot11Radio0.100
description LanAP
encapsulation dot1Q 100
no ip route-cache
no cdp enable
bridge-group 10
bridge-group 10 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 10 spanning-disabled
bridge-group 10 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 10 source-learning
no bridge-group 10 unicast-flooding
!interface Dot11Radio0.101
! description GuestAP
! encapsulation dot1Q 101
! no ip route-cache
! no cdp enable
! bridge-group 1
! bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
! bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
! bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
! no bridge-group 1 source-learning
! no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
interface Vlan1
description $ES_LAN$
no ip address
ip virtual-reassembly
pppoe enable group global
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 1
bridge-group 1
interface Vlan10
no ip address
ip virtual-reassembly
bridge-group 10
interface Dialer1
description $FW_OUTSIDE$
ip address negotiated
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip mtu 1452
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
zone-member security OUTSIDE
encapsulation ppp
ip route-cache flow
dialer pool 1
dialer-group 1
ppp authentication chap pap callin
ppp chap hostname XXXXXXX
ppp chap password 7 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ppp pap sent-username xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx password 7 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ppp ipcp dns request
ppp ipcp wins request
hold-queue 224 in
interface Dialer0
no ip address
interface BVI10
description Inside Interface
ip address 192.168.253.254 255.255.255.0
ip access-group 101 in
ip helper-address 192.168.253.1
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
zone-member security INSIDE
interface BVI1
description DMZ Interface
ip address 192.168.252.254 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
zone-member security DMZ
ip local pool SDM_POOL_1 192.168.20.9 192.168.20.14
ip forward-protocol nd
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Dialer1
ip http server
ip http access-class 1
ip http authentication local
ip http secure-server
ip http timeout-policy idle 600 life 86400 requests 10000
ip nat inside source list Inside_Clients_NAT interface Dialer1 overload
ip nat inside source static 192.168.253.10 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip access-list extended DMZ_to_IN_POL
remark SDM_ACL Category=128
permit ip any any
ip access-list extended Inside_Clients_NAT
remark SDM_ACL Category=2
permit ip 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 any
logging 192.168.253.10
access-list 1 remark Auto generated by SDM Management Access feature
access-list 1 remark SDM_ACL Category=1
access-list 1 permit 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255
access-list 100 remark VTY Access-class list
access-list 100 remark SDM_ACL Category=1
access-list 100 permit ip 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 100 deny   ip any any
access-list 101 remark Auto generated by SDM Management Access feature
access-list 101 remark SDM_ACL Category=1
access-list 101 remark Auto generated by SDM for NTP (123) xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
access-list 101 permit udp host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx eq ntp host 192.168.253.254 eq ntp
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq telnet
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq 22
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq www
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq 443
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq cmd
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq telnet
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq 22
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq www
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq 443
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq cmd
access-list 101 deny   udp any host 192.168.253.254 eq snmp
access-list 101 permit ip any any
access-list 199 permit ip any host 10.1.1.1
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
no cdp run
radius-server attribute 32 include-in-access-req format %h
radius-server host 192.168.253.1 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813 key 7 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
radius-server host 192.168.253.1 auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646 key 7 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
radius-server vsa send accounting
control-plane
bridge 1 protocol ieee
bridge 1 route ip
bridge 10 protocol ieee
bridge 10 route ip
banner login C Border Router
line con 0
no modem enable
transport output telnet
line aux 0
transport output telnet
line vty 0 4
access-class 100 in
privilege level 15
length 0
transport input telnet ssh
scheduler max-task-time 5000
scheduler interval 500
ntp server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx source Dialer0 prefer
ntp server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx source Dialer0 prefer
sntp server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
end

Hi Jody,
Apologies delay in replying. I have done the following:
Made two of the FE ports vlan1,BVI1 (for LAN traffic)
Left one port as VLAN10 as the pppoe client conected to the externalmodem
Made the last port VLAN10 as well and gave it an IP addess as for a DMZ client.
I have DHCP configured to serve the DMZ addresses.
This all works for LAN clients and also works for a client attachedto that physical DMZ port.
When I added a dot11radio sub interface into VLAN 10 the wireless client did not get an IP lease. Everything else continued to work.
I had never thought about this before, but if a dot11radio interface is on the same vlan (but not being part ofa bridge group) why are DHCP broadcasts not propogating to all the vlan members as I would have expected. I recognise that this isa limit in my understanding.
If I then made VLAN10 a member of a new Bridge Group, I lost WAN connectivity as per original posting.
I cannot add another VLAN due to the 2 vlan limit in this image.
Finally regarding your comment about giving it what it wants, what exactly did you have in mind. The dialer already has a dial string parameters configured.
Think I am about to give upon this.
Regards,

Problem with Cisco 861W router and outgoing VPN

We have a Cisco 861W router that is blocking an outgoing PPTP on the internal access point only. The outgoing VPN works when the traffic is through a wired connection or the connection is on another access point. We fail to make a connection only when connection to the 861W's internal Access Point.
Here is the Access Point Configuration:
Current configuration : 2100 bytes
version 12.4
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
hostname obap
enable secret 5 $1$.1RF$go1D7WITXUn3s8TUaw3tC.
no aaa new-model
dot11 syslog
dot11 ssid OLIVER
   authentication open
   authentication key-management wpa
   guest-mode
   wpa-psk ascii 0 XXXXXXXXXXX
username XXXXXX privilege 15 secret 5 $1$Wc0K$OzcQDDQfjHP6La31eXMoG/
bridge irb
interface Dot11Radio0
no ip address
no ip route-cache
encryption mode ciphers aes-ccm tkip
ssid OLIVER
antenna gain 0
station-role root
bridge-group 1
bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
interface GigabitEthernet0
description the embedded AP GigabitEthernet 0 is an internal interface connecti
ng AP with the host router
no ip address
no ip route-cache
bridge-group 1
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
interface BVI1
ip address 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0
no ip route-cache
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip http help-path http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/smbiz/prodconfig/help/eag
bridge 1 route ip
banner login ^CC
% Password change notice.
Default username/password setup on AP is cisco/cisco with priv¾ilege level 15.
It is strongly suggested that you create a new username with privilege level
15 using the following command for console security.
username <myuser> privilege 15 secret 0 <mypassword>
no username cisco
Replace <myuser> and <mypassword> with the username and password you want to
use. After you change your username/password you can turn off this message
by configuring "no banner login" and "no banner exec" in privileged mode.
^C
line con 0
privilege level 15
login local
no activation-character
line vty 0 4
login local
cns dhcp
end
obap#
Here is the Router's Configuration:
Current configuration : 5908 bytes
! No configuration change since last restart
version 15.0
no service pad
service tcp-keepalives-in
service tcp-keepalives-out
service timestamps debug datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service timestamps log datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service password-encryption
service sequence-numbers
hostname obrouter
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
logging buffered 51200
logging console critical
enable secret 5 $1$i9XE$DjxFVAEC9nC4/r6EQKCd6/
no aaa new-model
memory-size iomem 10
clock timezone PCTime -5
clock summer-time PCTime date Apr 6 2003 2:00 Oct 26 2003 2:00
crypto pki trustpoint TP-self-signed-1856757619
enrollment selfsigned
subject-name cn=IOS-Self-Signed-Certificate-1856757619
revocation-check none
rsakeypair TP-self-signed-1856757619
crypto pki certificate chain TP-self-signed-1856757619
certificate self-signed 01
3082024D 308201B6 A0030201 02020101 300D0609 2A864886 F70D0101 04050030
31312F30 2D060355 04031326 494F532D 53656C66 2D536967 6E65642D 43657274
69666963 6174652D 31383536 37353736 3139301E 170D3036 30313032 31323030
34345A17 0D323030 31303130 30303030 305A3031 312F302D 06035504 03132649
4F532D53 656C662D 5369676E 65642D43 65727469 66696361 74652D31 38353637
35373631 3930819F 300D0609 2A864886 F70D0101 01050003 818D0030 81890281
8100B1A4 FB786547 3D582260 03DB768D 116BDE9A 309FBA04 B53F77B0 BFE32344
7C3439B3 97192B36 760A9411 1D5C7549 8D86F532 ABA44F53 0D08B7F4 A9A747D5
071330C3 65BF25A8 927F3596 29BB5A80 90C8D169 22268476 3B8DDE1E FDB7170D
B4820D03 5580A849 A92C7E76 9AC10867 505A2FEE 64360741 7F9DBDBF 3D79982C
F81D0203 010001A3 75307330 0F060355 1D130101 FF040530 030101FF 30200603
551D1104 19301782 156F6272 6F757465 722E6272 75736868 6F672E63 6F6D301F
0603551D 23041830 168014D8 5BC2FFB2 967A4C7B 11B44122 5C8D31F7 749B9230
1D060355 1D0E0416 0414D85B C2FFB296 7A4C7B11 B441225C 8D31F774 9B92300D
06092A86 4886F70D 01010405 00038181 005901F1 C239074B B8213567 CF7B65BF
DAFE4557 69B2A3B1 5F2593C7 A54B9598 23FD5E7A 563AA6E0 AFB25801 FA0061E8
F9545372 DB600B3A BE68AE65 1EDA593E 6A0C96B8 5A4136AF 393F9AAC 651E1C36
B8B7C6C0 47936C24 D2ECE9A5 9446EE32 FC7461FA AD8CF1CE A7FBF341 07E9C3C6
505AB88D 0E7FCAFC 5792298A E5E4D1FE CC
        quit
no ip source-route
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.99
ip dhcp pool ccp-pool1
   import all
   network 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0
   dns-server 216.49.160.10 216.49.160.66
   default-router 192.168.0.1
ip cef
no ip bootp server
ip domain name brushhog.com
ip name-server 216.49.160.10
ip name-server 216.49.160.66
license udi pid CISCO861W-GN-A-K9 sn FTX155281FY
username tech38 privilege 15 secret 5 $1$d/4Z$n/23EsXbzfHF5XfJ8Nv.y0
ip tcp synwait-time 10
ip ssh time-out 60
ip ssh authentication-retries 2
interface FastEthernet0
interface FastEthernet1
interface FastEthernet2
interface FastEthernet3
interface FastEthernet4
description $ES_WAN$$FW_OUTSIDE$
no ip address
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip flow ingress
duplex auto
speed auto
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 1
interface wlan-ap0
description Service module interface to manage the embedded AP
ip unnumbered Vlan1
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip flow ingress
arp timeout 0
interface Wlan-GigabitEthernet0
description Internal switch interface connecting to the embedded AP
interface Vlan1
description $ETH-SW-LAUNCH$$INTF-INFO-HWIC 4ESW$$ES_LAN$$FW_INSIDE$
ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip flow ingress
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
ip tcp adjust-mss 1412
interface Dialer0
ip address negotiated
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip mtu 1452
ip flow ingress
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
encapsulation ppp
dialer pool 1
dialer-group 1
ppp authentication chap pap callin
ppp chap hostname XXXXXXXXXXXXX
ppp chap password 7 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
ppp pap sent-username XXXXXXXXXXXXXX password 7 XXXXXXXXXXX
no cdp enable
ip forward-protocol nd
ip http server
ip http authentication local
ip http secure-server
ip http timeout-policy idle 60 life 86400 requests 10000
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.0.25 80 interface Dialer0 80
ip nat inside source list 1 interface Dialer0 overload
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Dialer0
logging trap debugging
access-list 1 remark INSIDE_IF=Vlan1
access-list 1 remark CCP_ACL Category=2
access-list 1 permit 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
no cdp run
control-plane
banner exec ^C
% Password expiration warning.
Cisco Configuration Professional (Cisco CP) is installed on this device
and it provides the default username "cisco" for one-time use. If you have
already used the username "cisco" to login to the router and your IOS image
supports the "one-time" user option, then this username has already expired.
You will not be able to login to the router with this username after you exit
this session.
It is strongly suggested that you create a new username with a privilege level
of 15 using the following command.
username <myuser> privilege 15 secret 0 <mypassword>
Replace <myuser> and <mypassword> with the username and password you
want to use.
^C
banner login ^CAuthorized access only!
Disconnect IMMEDIATELY if you are not an authorized user!^C
line con 0
login local
no modem enable
transport output telnet
line aux 0
login local
transport output telnet
line 2
no activation-character
no exec
transport preferred none
transport input all
line vty 0 4
privilege level 15
login local
transport input telnet ssh
scheduler max-task-time 5000
scheduler allocate 4000 1000
scheduler interval 500
end
Any help would be appreciated

Hello,
i have the same problem with router CISCO861W-GN-E-K9. Version 12.4(22r)YB5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Can someone help?
Thank you.
Here is my config for internal AP and router.

Aironet 1260 and external Antenna

I know you can put a minimum of 3 AIR-ANT-2422 antenna on the 1261 AP but my question is, can you mix and match antenna?
Currently there is an AIR-ANT-24120 used on an older 1200 model. Upgrading to a 1261. The 24120 is 12db and 2422 is 2.4db.
Environment is Manufacturing floor with 30' ceilings, worried about coverage. Can the 24120 work on the 1261 or am I stuck with the 2422s?
Thanks

You can't mix-and-match these two. AIR-ANT-24120 is a 12 dBi antenna. The 1260 will not support anything higher than 6 dBi because this model simply doesn't have enough power to do so.
The 1260, 3500e and 3600e doesn't have enough power because in the past people kept complaining that the 1250 needed 20.0w PoE power. Now the the 1250 doesn't have any limitation about the maximum (maybe it does but I haven't seen or heard of it) gain support. So Cisco cranked down the power requirement of the new WAPs and balanced it to the antenna gain.

Bridge and external Antennas

I am trying to setup 2 1240ap in a bridge mode using external antennas. I am wonder how you line up the antennas to obtain the best signal. I know the 1300 series has software that allows you to see a signal as you line up the antennas, but I don't think the 1240 series has that feature. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Steve Chapman
LAN Engineer
University of Missouri - St. Louis

There's a couple things.
You could hook up a laptop at the receiving end and attach a directional antenna to the wireless card. Then use something like netstumbler to position everything where you want it.
I guess you could also use a laser pointer. Mount it on the top of the antenna in question, and target the receiving antenna. Obviously, have the minion you're using on the other side face AWAY from the laser pointer. ;)

Car Cradle for Charging and External Antenna Compatible with Tour

Is there a car kit that allows easy charging and connection to external antenna for the Tour? I had Comfort Cradles by Bury for my last two BlackBerrys, but I just was disappointed to learn that Bury does not have or even plan one for the Tour. Any suggestions? If I had known this before, I probably would have stayed with my 8830. Thanks.

To answer my own query - I just spoke to someone at Smoothtalker and was informed that Smoothtalker will be releasing a charging cradle, with external antenna conttection, for the "Tour" in "about a month."
I still would be interested in hearing from anyone else with any information concerning this.
Thank you,.

Mac mini: WiFi Board Manufacturer and External Antenna Capability

I recently purchased a new Mac mini and plan to run Linux Red Hat Fedora Core 4 on it (erasing OS-X, as it will be a dedicated Linux ap). My particular application requires that I run WiFi. I don't know if Fedora Core 4 running on a Mac mini supports the particular WiFi manuafacturer's internal WiFi card that Apple is using in the current Mac mini.
2 Questions:
1. Does anyone know the name of the Manufacturer, and perhaps the Model Number, of the internal WiFi board in the current Mac mini?
2. Has anyone opened up a Mac mini to see if the internal WiFi card has a standard SMA type connector to the antenna cable so I can utilize an external gain antenna for longer range WiFi?
Thanks, in advance, for any help on this!
| G5 Quad 2.5GHz | 16GB ECC | QUADRO FX 4500 | Dual 500GB HDD | Dual 30 in Cinem

Yes, but I don't think that will do the trick. My application involves supporting a gateway for the ICOM D-STAR digital voice and data Ham radio repeater system. The computer (running Fedora) must have 2 Ethernet ports (note: a USB interface supplying a second ethernet connection is unacceptable due to latency concerns). The only way to do this is to use the Mac mini's single (only!) Ethernet port to interface to the ICOM gear. Since you can not add a second Ehternet port to the Mac mini (unless you use a USB adaptor which has unacceptable latency for this ICOM app), you must therefore use the Mac mini's internal WiFi board to connect to the Internet. The problem is that I don't think Linux Fedora 4 supports any drivers for the Airport Extreme card.
I saw on the Internet late yesterday a blurb saying that all of the Macs use the Broadcom WiFi card, and it has not released its drivers. Apparently, there are a few preliminary drivers for the Airport Extreme card on Fedora 5 (in the very early experimental stage), but these are preliminary and based on soemone's reverse engineering, which is always suspect, at best.
However, I don't know if Apple has possdibly switched vendors for the internal WiFi board in the latest Mac mini, since they now have a new unified board that supports both BT and WiFi on the same board/chip. My fingers are crossed that maybe they are NOT using Broadcom on the latest Intel Mac mini?
| G5 Quad 2.5GHz | 16GB ECC | QUADRO FX 4500 | Dual 500GB HDD | Dual 30 in Cinem

Problem with Cisco VPN client and HP elitebook 2530p windows 7 64-bit

Hi there
I have a HP Elitebook 2530p which i upgraded to windows 7 64-bit. I installed the Cisco VPN client application (ver. 5.0.07.0290 and also 64-bit) and the HP connection manager to connect to the internet through a modem Qualcomm gobi 1000 (that is inside the laptop). When I connect to the VPN, it connects (I write the username and password) but there is no traffic inside de virtual adapter for my servers. When I connect to the internet through wire or wireless internet, I connect de VPN client and there is no problem to establish communication to my servers.
I tried everything, also change the driver and an earlier version of the HP connection manager application. I also talked to HP and they told me that there was a report with this kind of problem and it was delivered to Cisco. I don’t know where is the problem.
Could anyone help me?
Thanks to all.

You can try to update Deterministic Network Enhancer to the below listed release which supports
WWAN Drivers.
http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_1680845.asp.
DNE now supports WWAN devices in Win7. Before downloading the latest version of DNEUpdate from the links below, be sure you have the latest
drivers for your network adapters by downloading them from the vendors websites.
For 64-bit: ftp://files.citrix.com/dneupdate64.msi
Hope that helps.

Problems booting from OSX DVD and External FW HDD

I've been trying recently to take a Dual-Bay Firewire Harddrive unit running a Oxford Semiconductor OXFW911 Chipset. I have two 250GB Hard drives and on one of these I have it Partitioned into 3 partitions. One is my Scratch Partition, one is the Restore of a DVD Install Disc and the last is a "Pre-Installed" version of OSX. I want to be able to boot from the Install DVD partition and the "Pre-Installed" Partition. I have successfully Imaged the Install DVD Partition and was able to boot from that partition once to install OSX on a computer without a DVD drive.
Problem now is that I can't boot from the partition, or I should say, I select it from the Sys Prefs and it will pass the grey screen to a the blue background and just get hung up. It never displays the dialog to select a language to begin the install.
I also can not boot from the Install DVD. It will show up in the Startup Disk in Sys Prefs but always ends up hanging.
I've tried booting using "Option" and it displays my Internal HD and then two icons for the Install DVD Partition on the External FW Drive. Neither one allows for me boot up.
Any ideas for what I may be missing?
Thanks,
Russ

It appears that if the Partition with OSX was installed from anything besides the Restore Disc, the Powerbook won't boot to it.
I think this is ridiculous, and if I've went wrong somewhere, someone please correct me.
Thanks.

Problems with iTunes, Airport Extreme and external HD

Hi guys,
I am having difficulties playing back films and TV shows which have been downloaded from the iTunes store to a iomega HD which is connected to an apple extreme. During the download, everything looks right and I can even watch it from the iMac (while downloading), from which I purchased the media. But then, once download is complete, I only see the name and generic file symbol for that particular media and I cannot play the media on the iMac or AppleTV and the cover image has disappeared. This does not happen when the external HD is directly connected to the iMac.
I would appreciate some help, if possible. Thanks in advance.

Look in this thread for some insight
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1155412&tstart=0

Cisco 1941W - with external antenna cable

Hello guys!
I would like to ask, maybe you know or maybe you have tried to use these cables from Cisco :
Feature AIR-CAB020LL-R AIR-CAB050LL-R AIR-CAB100ULL-R AIR-CAB150ULL-R
Cable Length
20 ft (6 m)
50 ft (15 m)
100 ft (30 m)
150 ft (46 m)
Transmission Loss
1.3 dB
3.4 dB
4.4 dB
6.6 dB
for Cisco 1941W router with external antennas?

How far are you trying to extend the antennas? Those will work to reduce the attenuation if trying to extend the placement of the antennas. Basically they are LMR cables.
Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App

1310 Bridge - can it work without an external antenna?

I have 2 1310 outdoor bridges- I can only connect them using external antennas. Is there something wrong in the configuration where im not able to use the internal antenna: attached is the config:
Current configuration : 1371 bytes
version 12.4
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
no aaa new-model
dot11 ssid 6
vlan 1
authentication open
infrastructure-ssid
dot11 network-map
bridge irb
interface Dot11Radio0
no ip address
no ip route-cache
encryption vlan 1 key 1 size 128bit 7 307B2064018D12507336461E467E transmit-key
encryption vlan 1 mode wep mandatory
ssid 6
station-role root bridge
interface Dot11Radio0.1
encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
no ip route-cache
bridge-group 1
interface Dot11Radio0.300
encapsulation dot1Q 300
no ip route-cache
bridge-group 10
interface FastEthernet0
no ip address
no ip route-cache
hold-queue 80 in
interface FastEthernet0.1
encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
no ip route-cache
bridge-group 1
interface FastEthernet0.300
encapsulation dot1Q 300
no ip route-cache
bridge-group 10
interface BVI1
ip address 10.0.3.10 255.255.255.0
no ip route-cache
ip default-gateway 10.0.3.1
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip http help-path http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/smbiz/prodconfig/help/eag
snmp-server community public RO
bridge 1 route ip
line con 0
line vty 0 4
login local
end

The 1310's either have an external antenna connector or an integrated antenna. They don't have both.
The part number AIR-BR1310G-x-K9-R requires and external antenna. AIR-BR1310G-x-K9 has the integrated antenna.

External Antenna for 1240AG is Required?

Hi guys,
1. Do the external antennas are required for 1240AG or they are optional or it depends on mounting location and location size?
2. If it's required and I want to just use 2.4Ghz radio, do I need to buy two antennas or one is enough?
3.If it's required, do you have any recommendation for a small office with a small warehouse? something like AIR-ANT4941 maybe?

Hi,
here are the answers..
1. Do the external antennas are required for 1240AG or they are optional or it depends on mounting location and location size?
ANS - 1242 NEED the External antennas, without the antena 1242 APs will not work.
2. If it's required and I want to just use 2.4Ghz radio, do I need to buy two antennas or one is enough?
ANS - There are many advantages of using 2 antennas, one of them is Multipath and there are many to pen down..
3.If it's required, do you have any recommendation for a small office with a small warehouse? something like AIR-ANT4941 maybe?
ANS - Here is the antenna accessories link, choose the one which meets your requirements!!
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps7183/ps469/product_data_sheet09186a008022b11b.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps7183/ps469/product_data_sheet09186a008008883b.html
Lemme know if this answered ur question and please dont forget to rate the useful posts!!
Regards
Surendra

Problem with Cisco IPMA - between the manager profile and assistant profile

Greetings to all.
The problem basically is that wen I do a call (internal o external) to the extension configured in the manager phone, the assistant phone dosen`t rings or take the call, even the call in progress dosen`t appears in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Assistant Console of the Assistant
Also the icons of the IPMA in the manager phone dosen`t appears.
I have check the following:
1.The configurations on both profile and its look ok
2.I have restar the Cisco IPMA, CTI and Tomcat Service
3.I have reconfigured the profiles
What else I can do
What is the most common cause in these cases
Thanks

I have the same problem, did you resolve it ?
Our Customer have about 50 IPMA and there are work. The problem is only with 4 IPMA Assistance (always the same). Sometimes (few times in week) lost Assistance icon Managers, and Managers doesn’t see shared lines, Intercom, services IPMA on phone doesn’t work. But sometimes Assistant icon is showing but Manager don’t see active connection and can’t call via Intercom.
Assistance have 7962 Phone with load cmterm-7942_7962-sccp.9-2-3.cop.sgn
Managers have 7965 Phone with load cmterm-7945_7965-sccp.9-2-3.cop.sgn
CUCM (PUB/SUB) is 8.6.2.20000-2
I opened a TAC case already but the problem is not resolved.

Problem on Cisco AP 1240AG and External Antenna

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for