User's Guide

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Pre-installation Procedures
Planning and feasibility studies are critical to successfully integrate the SkyWay Bridge/
Router with your network. There are additional factors, for example, Radio Line of
Sight and overall RF environmental issues, which must be taken into account for wire-
less connectivity.
Site Considerations
Deploying a successful network requires feasibility studies and careful planning, particu-
larly for wireless connectivity solutions where additional factors must be considered.
Radio Line of Sight and overall RF environment must be assessed and documented to
assist in determining the initial installation as well as providing a baseline for future RF
environmental measurements when suspected local RF environment changes occur.
Step One: Assess Your Network Requirements
Solectek recommends the following steps in determining the feasibility of a wireless
internetworking solution using Solectek wireless bridges and routers:
• Identify, list and classify the data resource centers by type and number of users
• Layout the topology of voice, data and video networks indicating bandwidth
requirements, protocols, and media of each network segment.
• Plan and layout the IP addressing scheme for IP and IPX networks
• Ensure all protocols deployed in the planned network, including planned wire-
less segments, can be encapsulated in Ethernet frames 802.1d, 802.3, and
802.2.
• Identify protocols and network segments which will require encapsulation in IP
packets and consequent routing.
Step Two: Map Wireless Network Pre-Design
You then provide details about locations to be connected, for example, building-to-
building, or server-to-ISP.
• Identify and mark the locations of the main nodes of the network on a geo-
graphical map of the region. Attach full street addresses and building character-
istics to each location.
• Gather site coordinates (latitude and longitude) for each location
• Use the site coordinates to determine optimal geographical layout of desired
link paths for wireless network segments, and complete the wireless network
geographical map.
• Determine minimum antenna height requirement for each location, which
guarantees that in each link’s path, at least 60% of Fresnel zone is unob-
structed.