SkyPilot SkyConnector Outdoor User manual
SkyPilot
SkyConnector Outdoor
Installation
Contents
About This Guide 5
Audience and Purpose 6
How This Guide Is Organized 6
Conventions Used in This Guide 7
Chapter 1 Introduction 9
Solution Overview 10
Mesh Network 10
SkyGateway 12
SkyExtender Devices 12
SkyConnector and SkyAccess DualBand 13
Chapter 2 The SkyConnector Outdoor Installation Kit 15
Kit Contents 16
What Else You Need 16
Chapter 3 Installing a SkyConnector 19
Planning your Installation 20
Cabling the SkyConnector 21
Powering on the SkyConnector 23
Optimizing Location 26
Monitoring SkyConnector Status 28
Mounting the SkyConnector 29
Configuring the SkyConnector 31
Accessing the Command-Line Interface 32
Troubleshooting 33
Appendix A Grounding Guidelines 35
General Grounding Strategy 35
Making Connections “Gas-Tight” 36
Checking Cold-Water Pipe Integrity 37
Measuring Resistance 37
Adding Surge Protection 37
Grounding Checklist 38
Appendix B FCC Statements 39
About This Guide
This guide explains how to install and set up a SkyPilot™ SkyConnector™
Outdoor to provide wireless network access to users of a SkyPilot wireless mesh
network. It assumes administrator-level knowledge of IP networks and a
familiarity with configuring wireless devices.
Chapter Highlights
• Audience and purpose
• How this guide is organized
• Conventions used in this guide
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Audience and Purpose
This guide provides directions for installing and setting up a SkyPilot
SkyConnector Outdoor device that can provide access to users of a SkyPilot
wireless mesh network.
This guide assumes administrator-level knowledge of IP networks and a
familiarity with configuring wireless devices.
How This Guide Is Organized
This guide is organized as follows:
• Chapter , “ 1,” provides an overview of the SkyPilot Networks solution,
describes the SkyPilot devices, and then illustrates how they combine to form
a mesh network.
• Chapter , “2,” provides the information you need before you begin your
installation.
• Chapter , “ 3,” provides instructions for the physical installation of the
SkyConnector Outdoor as well as background information about configuration
and references to associated procedures.
• Appendix , “ A,” provides direction on protecting your SkyPilot device with
proper grounding and surge protection.
• Appendix , “ Error! Reference source not found.,” provides the FCC radio
frequency interference statements for the SkyConnector Outdoor.
• Appendix , “ C” provides technical specifications for the SkyConnector
Outdoor.
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Conventions Used in This Guide
This section describes the text and syntax conventions used throughout this
guide.
Text Conventions
This guide uses the following text conventions:
• Italic is used to introduce new terms.
• Bold is used to indicate what you click or type in a graphical user interface
(for example, commands names or text being entered). In examples showing
user interaction with the command-line interface, bold is used to indicate user
input as opposed to command output.
• A monospace font is used for code elements (variable names, data values,
function names, and so forth), command lines, scripts, and source code
listings.
• Italic-monospace is used for replaceable elements and placeholders within
code listings.
Syntax Conventions
This guide uses the following conventions when showing syntax:
• Angle brackets, “<“ and “>”, enclose mandatory elements. You must enter
these elements. For example:
ping <IP-address>
• Square brackets, “[“ and “]”, enclose optional elements. You can omit these
elements. For example:
show filter [filter-table-number]
Square brackets are also used to show the current value of parameters in
the output of some commands.
• A vertical bar, “|”, separates choices. For example:
show bridge [cache | port]
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Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of the SkyPilot Networks solution,
describes the SkyPilot devices, and then illustrates how they combine to
form a mesh network.
Chapter Highlights
• Solution overview
• Mesh network
• SkyGateway
• SkyExtender devices
• SkyConnector
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Solution Overview
SkyPilot Networks delivers a wireless, end-to-end broadband solution
that seamlessly supports high-capacity, high-coverage mesh networks.
Designed for managed-access networks and service providers, the
SkyPilot network takes broadband wireless the “last mile” with a cost-
effective, robust infrastructure solution.
Based on a high-performance architecture that deploys intelligent
antenna arrays, the SkyPilot network delivers a dynamic broadband
solution with significant advantages for business and home users.
SkyPilot wireless devices are simple to install and easily fit into any type
of wireless environment—metropolitan, business, or home.
The auto-discovery and rapid provisioning features of a SkyPilot wireless
mesh network can greatly reduce deployment and maintenance costs.
Multiple topology options and network scalability create intriguing options
for rapidly expanding a metro Wi-Fi customer base.
SkyPilot devices’ multiple antenna configurations work within mixed-use
environments of municipal applications and broadband Internet access,
supporting public-private partnerships such as public safety services.
Mesh Network
The typical configuration for a SkyPilot network is a mesh topology, which
uses SkyExtenders to extend range and add network flexibility. In a mesh
configuration, subscribers can either connect directly to the SkyGateway
or connect indirectly via SkyExtenders (see Figure ). In addition to
adding range, a mesh network allows connections from locations where
obstructions prevent line-of-sight access to a SkyGateway hub.
Mesh networks are ideal for dense subscriber environments, for filling in
coverage “holes,” and for reaching subscribers in areas where RF
communication is obstructed by hills, trees, buildings, or other obstacles.
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