airport internal antenna deactivated if I connect an external one??

[Marcus Exner]

Hi!

If I connect an external antenna to an airport extreme will the
internal one than be deactivated? Or is the airport than using both of
them?

I ask because I have a very massive wall here and have only access to
the WLAN on one side. If I place the external antenna on one side and
let the airport on the other side will than both sides of the wall be
provided with good reception?

Thanks and kind regards
marcus

[Neill Massello]

Marcus Exner <marcus.exner@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> If I connect an external antenna to an airport extreme will the
> internal one than be deactivated? Or is the airport than using both of
> them?

When an AirPort Extreme Base Station is powered up, it detects an
external antenna connection and disables the internal antenna.

> I ask because I have a very massive wall here and have only access to
> the WLAN on one side. If I place the external antenna on one side and
> let the airport on the other side will than both sides of the wall be
> provided with good reception?

The only way to know is to try it. If the wall really blocks the signal,
you'll probably have to put another base station on the other side of
the wall, connect the two with an Etherent cable, and configure them for
roaming as described in Apple's Designing AirPort Extreme Networks
handbook.