LORIX OS User's guide LoRaWAN Settings Current: Antenna Antenna You gateway can have different antennas connected. The software has to know about which antenna is configured to adapt the output power adequately.By default, antenna type is not configured at all. If the antenna type is not configured, most of the packet forwarders will not run. Setting a bad antenna type will not damage the gateway. Available antenna typesAntennas vary in two parameters : ingress protection and gain.Ingress protectionIndoor and outdoor antennas are available. Whether it's one or the other, this has no impact on the software and is therefore not to be configured.GainThe gain depends on the antenna model you have. There are 4 different antennas depending on the type and the generation.TypeLengthGainIllustrationIndoorSmall210mm (8,27 inches) 2dBiOutdoorSmall280mm (11,02 inches) 3dBi (labelled)OutdoorLarge500mm (19,69 inches)Check label (4dBi or 5 dBi)If no label: 4dBiOn the outdoors antenna, the label is graved onto the metal connector base.The gain has to be configured in the Manager.Check the antenna gain GUI CLI The antenna type is shown on the LoRa > Settings page, in the "Hardware" widget. manager lora hardware antenna BASH Example output 4dBi antenna BASH Antenna type is stored at /etc/manager/antennaType Set the antenna gain GUI CLI You can change the antenna gain through the LoRa > Settings page: Syntax sudo manager lora hardware antenna set <2|3|4|5> BASH Example sudo manager lora hardware antenna set 3 BASH ×