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AP 7662 Ext

AP 7662 Ext

gluo
New Contributor II
Hi,

The AP 7662 ext has 6 N Connectors. Do all have to be populated with antennas to work?
If not what is the least number of external antennas that can be installed?

Also are all connectors dual-band or some are for 2,4GHz and some for 5GHz?

best regards,
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ckelly
Extreme Employee
With BLE operating in the 2.4GHz frequency range, a 2.4GHz-only antenna would work fine. But even if you connected a dual-band antenna, it would still work. You would just be connecting a more expensive antenna in that case and the 5GHz capability wouldn't be utilized.

The connector and installation of the 7662 should be covered in either the spec sheet and/or an installation guide, available in the documentation section of the website.

gluo
New Contributor II
Hi Chris,

Thank you for your detailed answer.

What antenna should be used for the BLE connector?

Also is there an official document describing this?

best regards,
G

ckelly
Extreme Employee
Gluo, actually, there should only be a total of 5 Type-N connectors.

The side that has 3 is for 5GHz (the outer 2). The center connector on this side is for the BLE radio.
The other side that has 2 (the center object is just a vent) is for 2.4GHz antennas.

You can certainly use dual-band antennas on all Type-N connections though, but if you don't you want to make sure that you apply the 2.4GHz-only antennas to the 2.4GHz connectors and 5GHz-only antennas to the 5GHz connectors.
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