C881W-E-K9 v01 came without antenna

ayubjon · April 2015

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 · April 2015

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 · April 2015

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

theodoxa · April 2015

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 · April 2015

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 · April 2015

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.

C881W-E-K9 v01 came without antenna

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