User's Manual

SKYPILOT NETWORK CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY
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SKYPILOT NETWORK CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY
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1 Introduction
The SkyPilot Gateway (GW1000) and Seed/CPE (SD1000) provide a complete, high-
performance wireless system operating in the unlicensed 5.8GHz UNII band. The flexible
and highly scaleable SkyPilot system is ideally suited to a wide range of applications.
The system offers:
• High Capacity and Long Range
OFDM technology, a large link budget and modulation rates of 6-54Mbps, provide
reliable Non-LOS operation and market leading capacity.
• Meshing
The system offers the flexibility of customer connection directly to a SkyPilot
Gateway (GW1000) or via an intermediary Seed (SD1000), resulting in vastly
increased coverage when compared to typical point-to-multipoint systems.
• Standards Based
The SkyPilot system is based very closely on the 802.11 standard and utilizes
commercial chipsets. SkyPilot has implemented significant enhancements that
provide range and performance advantages.
• Easy Installation
The compact, environmentally hardened, fully integrated Gateway and Seed/CPE
require minimal configuration and can easily be installed on a multitude of locations.
• Networking
The SkyPilot system implements an intelligent, Ethernet switching network, with a
10/100bT bridge interface provided by the Gateway and Seed/CPE. Subscriber rate
control and traffic prioritization QoS mechanisms are supported, along with optional
VLANs. In addition, there is support for configurable protocol filtering and Access
Control Lists (ACL).
• Security
AES link encryption and complete node authentication with optional support for full
MD5 certificates.
• Network Management
Both node types are fully manageable via SNMPv2c and a Command Line Interface
(CLI). Static or DHCP IP address allocation is supported.