C881W-E-K9 v01 came without antenna

ayubjon

We've recieved C881W-E-K9 v01 without any antennas. There is no interface where I could attache antenna. We were planning to use it as a Wi-Fi access point. Does it have internal antennas?

Thank you.

theodoxa

I've never seen the E model, but my C881W-K9 has 3 screw-on posts on the back (1 left, 1 middle, 1 right).

The picture on this site - Cisco C881W-E-K9 (Cisco 881W - wireless router - 802.11b/g/n (draft 2.0) - desktop) - looks like my 881W, except it has the 3G module slot in the front like the 881G.

ayubjon

I've attached rear photo of that Cisco 881W router. There is no connecters for antenna.
Please have a look.

theodoxa

That is very odd. It looks like a plain 881 (not W), but it clearly says 881W on the case. When I get home, I'll snap a pic of mine.

[EDIT] Just looked it up and mine was 881W-GN-A-K9. Per Cisco, the GN-E Model (I couldn't find just an E model on Cisco.com) is "ETSI Compliant" vs. "FCC Compliant". I would guess ETSI must be the European (E for Europe) FCC. Maybe they build them differently over there.

cpartin

Found a pdf that says the antenna is embedded on the C881W SKUs. See page 1-3.

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/800/860-880-890/software/configuration/guide/SCG_880_series.pdf

theodoxa

cpartin wrote: »

Found a pdf that says the antenna is embedded on the C881W SKUs. See page 1-3.

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/800/860-880-890/software/configuration/guide/SCG_880_series.pdf

You may be onto something. I seem to remember seeing that the "replacement" for the CISCO881 (Looking at mine CISCO881-W-GN-A-K9 V01) was the C881, which seemed odd given that it was the exact same number (881). It would appear the C881 is a newer CISCO881. Other than making the antennae internal, I'm not sure what differences there are between the two.