Wireless Access

We are testing with an Aruba 679 AP on AOS 10.7.1.0. We wanted to test the 90 by 30 and the 30 by 30 radio setups that are on the datasheet.

This line in the datasheet," Integrated tri‑band directional antennas for 2x2 MIMO with two different modes for the 5 GHz and 6 GHz antennas (a wider 90°x30° antenna, and a narrow 30°x30°) that are software provisioned," indicates it should be in Aruba Central. Does anyone here have a tip or hint on the direction we should go to be able to configure it? 

You can manually set the dynamic antenna configuration via SSH directly to the AP, but this method will not persist beyond reboots.

dynamic-ant narrow will set dynamic_ant_mode:Narrow 

dynamic-ant wide will set back to default.

Verify changes by checking show ap-env or with show log sapd | include dynamic

Until the UI is updated to allow configuration for this, you will have to use the API to change the default from wide to narrow and make persistent.

Another option is Central Automation Studio's CSV workflow for "Set Dynamic Antenna Mode". https://central.wifidownunder.com/workflow-csv.html

Original Message:
Sent: Feb 12, 2025 03:43 PM
From: kizaite
Subject: AP-679 Software Defined Radio

We are testing with an Aruba 679 AP on AOS 10.7.1.0. We wanted to test the 90 by 30 and the 30 by 30 radio setups that are on the datasheet.

This line in the datasheet," Integrated tri‑band directional antennas for 2x2 MIMO with two different modes for the 5 GHz and 6 GHz antennas (a wider 90°x30° antenna, and a narrow 30°x30°) that are software provisioned," indicates it should be in Aruba Central. Does anyone here have a tip or hint on the direction we should go to be able to configure it?