User's Manual

SkyPilot SkyExtender DualBand Installation and Setup Guide

If you set a management VLAN for the SkyExtender component of the

SkyExtender DualBand via the EMS client or a manual configuration, the

SkyExtender DualBand access point automatically uses the same VLAN as the

SkyExtender component to manage access point communications. If no

management VLAN is set for the SkyExtender component, you cannot set up a

management VLAN for only the access point component.

Setting up access via the SkyPilot wireless mesh network

To use the configuration tool from the wireless mesh network, verify that your

installation meets these requirements:

The SkyExtender component of SkyExtender DualBand has established a

wireless connection with the SkyGateway serving as the network hub, or to

another SkyExtender connecting to the SkyGateway.

A DHCP server is connected to the SkyGateway and is set up to distribute IP

addresses across the wireless mesh network.

To connect to the access point from a host computer on the SkyPilot wireless

mesh network:

Confirm that the SkyExtender DualBand is configured correctly and

connected to the SkyPilot wireless mesh network.

Confirm the connection by pinging the IP address of the SkyExtender

DualBand EXT radio, which is also the standard SkyExtender IP address.

Get the IP address of the SkyExtender DualBand access point.

You’ll find the IP address of the access point in the DHCP server log that’s

based on the MAC address of the access point. The access point’s MAC

address is always 1 less than the MAC address of the SkyExtender DualBand,

which is visible on the label affixed to the bottom of the device.

NOTE

MAC addresses use a base-16 (hexadecimal) system in which the

letters A–F represent numbers 10–15. For example, if the MAC

address of the SkyExtender DualBand is 00 0A DB 01 31 9F, the

MAC address of the access point will be 00 0A DB 01 31 9E.