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SkyPilot SkyExtender DualBand Installation and Setup Guide 47
You’ll use this IP address to connect to the access point over the SkyPilot
wireless mesh network.
NOTE
You can also configure the DHCP server to provide a specific
address based on the MAC address of the access point—that is, 1
less than the MAC address that’s visible on the label affixed to the
bottom of the SkyExtender DualBand.
3
Confirm that you can communicate with the access point within the
SkyExtender DualBand.
Ping the address you identified in step 2.
If you can successfully ping the IP address of the access point, go to the
section “Starting the configuration tool” on page 49 for instructions on
opening the Web-based configuration tool.
If you can’t ping the IP address, follow the instructions in Appendix A,
“Connecting to the Access Point Command-Line Interface ,” to connect to the
access point via a serial console, and then confirm the IP address assignment
from the console.
If a management VLAN operates on the DHCP server, your host computer,
and the access point, confirm that it’s the same VLAN as the one configured
for use by the SkyExtender component of the SkyExtender DualBand. If it’s
not the same management VLAN or there is no VLAN set up for the
SkyExtender component, disable the VLAN and reattempt pinging the IP
address of the access point.
Setting up access via a local Wi-Fi connection
An alternative method is to initially manage the SkyExtender DualBand access
point from a computer with a direct Wi
-
Fi connection to the SkyExtender
DualBand access point.
To connect to the SkyExtender DualBand access point through a Wi
-
Fi
connection, you need a Wi
-
Fi/WPA-PSK capable computer that’s within operating
range of the access point and a Web browser application.