antenna-status

Function

The antenna-status command configures an IoT card to use the external or built-in antenna of an AP's IoT module.

The undo antenna-status command restores the default antenna selection policy for an IoT card.

By default, an IoT card is not configured to use the external or built-in antenna of an AP's IoT module.

Format

antenna-status { external | internal }

undo antenna-status

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
external	Configures an IoT card to use the external antenna of an AP's IoT module.	-
internal	Configures an IoT card to use the built-in antenna of an AP's IoT module.	-

Views

IoT profile view

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Usage Guidelines

By default, an IoT card uses the built-in 2.4 GHz antenna of an AP's IoT module for communication. You can install the external antenna as required and run the antenna-status external command to configure the IoT card to use the external antenna for communication.

The external and built-in antennas cannot be used together in an IoT module. If there are multiple IoT cards, the cards must use the same type of antennas for communication. For configuration details, see Card 1.

When the display ap-card all or display ap ap-id card { all | card-number | usb } command is run to check information about an IoT card, whether the card uses the built-in or external antenna for communication is also displayed in the command output.

Example

# Configure an IoT card to use the external antenna of an AP's IoT module.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[HUAWEI] wlan
[HUAWEI-wlan-view] iot-profile name profile1
[HUAWEI-wlan-iot-prof-profile1] antenna-status external