Installation Instructions

12 | Chapter 3 Planning Your SkyPilot Network
Deployment Process Overview
Table 3-1 summarizes the stages of SkyPilot network planning and deployment.
Network Planning
Identify Equipment Locations
Deployment of a SkyPilot network starts with a site survey to help you identify the
devices you need and choose optimum locations for installation.
Identifying locations for the SkyPilot Gateway Pro and SkyPilot Connectors is
straightforward. For the SkyPilot Gateway Pro, location depends on proximity to
existing network infrastructure and site elevation. SkyPilot Connectors are placed
at subscriber sites—homes or offices.
Table 3-1. Stages of deployment
Stage Description
Identify equipment
locations
Identify and prepare locations for installation.
Choose an operating
frequency
Choose a “clean” center frequency that permits
interference-free operation of devices.
Provision SkyPilot devices Choose a provisioning mode for the devices: manual
or automatic.
Provision the devices. (For automatic provisioning,
install operating system and SkyPilot EMS software.)
Install SkyPilot devices Install the devices, beginning with SkyPilot Gateway
Pro devices and building out.
Verify connectivity Confirm that the SkyPilot Gateway Pro is online.
Confirm that installed SkyPilot Connectors and
SkyPilot Extenders have established a link with the
SkyPilot Gateway Pro.
Review link characteristics and network performance.