Installation guide

Tsunami MP.11 Recommended Antennas

Summary

Omnis

Are better for high-ceiling industrial and retail environments, such as factory floors, warehouses, or “big box”

stores in which antennas can be suspended from the ceiling at the center of large open areas. But Omnis are

not good in long, narrow workspaces in which antennas cannot be centrally located.

Panel

Panel antennas are better for covering single-floor small offices, small stores, and other indoor locations in

which wireless radios cannot be placed centrally. For example, mount panel antennas unobtrusiovely on the

back wall of a store. Back lobes do create some leakage, but far less than an omni-directional antenna would

in the same situation.

Sector

Sector antennas are better for corridors, hallways, tunnels, long narrow buildings, and point-to-point medium

range connections between outdoor bridges (for example, connecting two buildings in an office park or

campus). Be wary of back lobes, but the sector’s narrow beam will reduce unwanted peripheral exposure in

the focal direction.

Parabolic

Parabolic antennas are better for long-range outdoor point-to-point connectors, such as bridges that are miles

apart. They require more precise installation to aim signal where you want it, but have the very high gain

necessary to reach such distances.

Notes:

• All Proxim radios require professional installation.

• Antennas with gain less than 8 dBi are not allowed.

• Antennas of other makes can be used with the HZB-US5358-11A device (5054-R), but must be of the same

type, dimensions, and gain as those listed.