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Cisco Integrated Services Router Hardware Installation Guide
 
Chapter 1      Product Overview
  Cisco 860, 880, 890 Series
Supported Cisco Radio Antennas 
The Cisco 891, Cisco 892, and Cisco 892F come with three removable dipole antennas that can be 
replaced using the Cisco approved antenna extenders listed in Table 1-49.
Note Cisco supports only the antennas listed in Table 1-49 with the Cisco 890 series dual-band radio module.
Single-band 
802.11b/g/n 
radio module
Cisco 880 series routers 
with embedded WLAN 
antennas
2.4 GHz 100 Mb/s per radio, 
up to 200 Mb/s 
total
Autonomous and 
unified
Three embedded,
omnidirectional 
antennas: 2 dBi at 
2.4 GHz
Dual-band 
802.11a/n and 
802.11b/g/n
radio modules
2.4 GHz 
and
5 GHz
Three embedded, 
dual-band, 
omnidirectional 
antennas: 2 dBi at 
2.4 GHz and 5 dBi at 
5 GHz
Dual-band 
simultaneous 
802.11a/n and 
802.11b/g/n
radio modules
Cisco 890 2.4 GHz 
and 5 GHz
100 Mb/s per radio, 
up to 200 Mb/s 
total
Autonomous and 
unified
Three dual-band, 
removable, 
2.4-GHz/5-GHz 
omnidirectional dipole 
RP-TNC antenna
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1. Actual data rate is highly dependent on your wireless environment.
2. The antennas require some minor installation. They must be screwed onto the RP-TNC antenna connectors on the I/O side of the chassis. See the following 
document on Cisco.com for feature information: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/wireless/hardware/notes/antdip.html
Table 1-48 Wireless Device Radios and Antennas
Radio Module Platform Radio Band
Maximum Data 
Throughput
1
Mode Antenna
Table 1-49 Cisco Antennas Supported on the Cisco 890 Series ISRs
Cisco Part Number Antenna Type Maximum Gain Description
AIR-ANTM2050D-R Omnidirectional 2.0 dBi at 2.4 GHz
5.0 dBi at 5 GHz
This is the default antenna. It is a swivel-mount 
dipole dual-band blade antenna. For more 
information, see Cisco Multiband Swivel-Mount 
Dipole Antenna (AIR-ANTM2050D-R).
AIR-ANTM4050V-R Omnidirectional 4.0 dBi at 2.4 GHz
5.0 dBi at 5 GHz
Ceiling-mount dual-band antenna. This antenna 
has a clip that allows it to be mounted on a 
drop-ceiling cross member. For more information, 
see Cisco Multiband Diversity Omnidirectional 
Ceiling-Mount Antenna.
AIR_ANTM5560P-R Patch 5.5 dBi at 2.4 GHz
6.0 dBi at 5 GHz
Wall-mount dual-band antenna. For more 
information, see Cisco Multiband Wall-Mount, 
Corner-Mount, or Mast-Mount Antenna.