Technical Tip: FortiAP K-series Access Point profiles do not support external antenna configuration
| Description | This articles describes an issue whereby K-series Access Points (FAP443K, FAP243K) do not have an option to set external antennas in Access Point profiles. |
| Scope | FortiAP models 443K or 243K running FortiAP v7.6.3 (or lower). |
| Solution | Some FortiAP models support attaching external antennas, allowing the use of third-party options that provide additional antenna gain.
When connecting such antennas, it is necessary to configure the relevant Access Point profile to correctly set the additional gain; however, the option to set this may not be available, as shown below:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- FGT_LAB (root) # config wireless-controller wtp-profile --------------------------------------------------------------------------
The solution here is to update the FortiGate to FortiOS version v7.6.4 (or higher), refer to ID 1001211 as listed in the FortiOS 7.6.4 release notes.
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