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Altitude 3500 Series Access Point Product Reference Guide
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Site Surveys
A site survey analyzes the installation environment and provides users with recommendations for
equipment and placement. The optimum placement of 802.11a access points differs from 802.11b/g
access points, because the locations and number of access points required are different to support the
radio coverage area.
Antenna Options
This section includes the available antenna options. It contains sections:
● Altitude 3510 Antenna Options on page 38
● Altitude 3550 Antenna Options on page 39
Altitude 3510 Antenna Options
Both Radio 1 and Radio 2 require one antenna and can optimally use two antennas per radio (4
antennas total for dual-radio models). Two antennas per radio provides diversity that can improve
performance and signal reception. Extreme Networks supports two antenna suites for the Altitude 3510.
One antenna suite supporting the 2.4 GHz band and another antenna suite supporting the 5 GHz band.
Select an antenna model best suited to the intended operational environment of your Altitude 3510.
NOTE
On a dual-radio model, Radio 1 refers to the Altitude 3510’s 2.4 GHz radio and Radio 2 refers to the
Altitude 3510 5 GHz radio. However, there could be some cases where a dual-radio Altitude 3510 is performing a
Rogue AP detector function. In this scenario, the Altitude 3510 is receiving in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz over the
Radio 1 or Radio 2 antennas depending on which radio is selected for the scan.
Antenna connectors for Radio 1 are located in a different location from the Radio 2 antenna connectors.
On single radio versions, the R-SMA connectors can support both bands and should be connected to a
R-SMA dual-band antenna or an appropriate single band antenna. If necessary a R-SMA to R-BNC
adapter can be purchased separately.
The antenna port of either the Radio 1 (2.4 GHz) or the Radio 2 (5 GHz) is labeled with " ● " for the
"Primary" antenna port or " ●●" for the "Secondary" antenna port. Antenna port connection is
configurable.