A method for a network device comprising a plurality of antennas, the method comprising: determining that an orientation of the network device is one of a first orientation and a second orientation, wherein, in the first orientation, a longitudinal axis of the network device is vertical, and, in the second orientation, the longitudinal axis of the network device is horizontal; if the determined orientation is the first orientation, then causing the network device to communicate using a first set of the plurality of antennas, the first set of antennas comprising: a first antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the first orientation, a second antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a horizontal orientation when the network device is in the first orientation; and a third antenna having a longitudinal axis in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the first orientation and parallel to the first antenna; and if the determined orientation is the second orientation, then causing the network device to communicate using a second set of the plurality of antennas comprising: the first antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a horizontal orientation when the network device is in the second orientation, the second antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the second orientation; and a fourth antenna having a longitudinal axis in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the second orientation and parallel to the second antenna, wherein the first set of antennas does not comprise the fourth antenna and the second set of antennas does not comprise the third antenna. determining that an orientation of the network device is one of a first orientation and a second orientation, wherein, in the first orientation, a longitudinal axis of the network device is vertical, and, in the second orientation, the longitudinal axis of the network device is horizontal; if the determined orientation is the first orientation, then causing the network device to communicate using a first set of the plurality of antennas, the first set of antennas comprising: a first antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the first orientation, a second antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a horizontal orientation when the network device is in the first orientation; and a third antenna having a longitudinal axis in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the first orientation and parallel to the first antenna; and a first antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the first orientation, a second antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a horizontal orientation when the network device is in the first orientation; and a third antenna having a longitudinal axis in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the first orientation and parallel to the first antenna; and if the determined orientation is the second orientation, then causing the network device to communicate using a second set of the plurality of antennas comprising: the first antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a horizontal orientation when the network device is in the second orientation, the second antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the second orientation; and a fourth antenna having a longitudinal axis in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the second orientation and parallel to the second antenna, wherein the first set of antennas does not comprise the fourth antenna and the second set of antennas does not comprise the third antenna. the first antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a horizontal orientation when the network device is in the second orientation, the second antenna having a longitudinal axis oriented in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the second orientation; and a fourth antenna having a longitudinal axis in a vertical orientation when the network device is in the second orientation and parallel to the second antenna, wherein the first set of antennas does not comprise the fourth antenna and the second set of antennas does not comprise the third antenna.