An Internet antenna installed at your location (called a Subscriber Module, or SM) communicates wirelessly with one of our Internet Access Points (AP) located on a tower up on a mountain or at a neighborhood relay site. This wireless communication is secure (encrypted).
The type of SM we use (e.g. 5.8 GHz, 5.2 GHz or 900 MHz) depends on your
line-of-sight to an AP, your distance from it, and other
factors. All SMs deliver high-speed (or broadband)
connections to the Internet.
TYPES OF SMs USED:
1- Canopy 5.8 GHz SM with (gray) reflector dish.
2- Canopy 5.8 and 5.2 GHz SM.
3- Beehive antenna for 5.8 and 5.2 GHz SMs.
4- Canopy 900 MHz integrated-antenna SM.
5- Canopy 900 MHz internal SM.
6- Canopy 900 SM with connectorized antenna.
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 Inside your
house, your Internet antenna connects to a router via an ethernet cable. Thus, NO phone line
is required and there is NO Modem. Your router then connects all of your
computers, network printers, smart phones, gaming consoles, VoIP adapters,
etc. to the SM (and Internet) either via separate ethernet cables, or via a wireless
connection (wifi), or some combination of both. The router
"routes" Internet traffic between the inside network (yours)
and the outside world (the WWW).
We typically install Cisco Linksys E1000 N-routers with
special DD-WRT firmware. In addition to enhanced security,
this linux firmware also has many enhanced routing features;
turning this $50 router into a $500 firewall!
Your wireless router is capable of connecting computers,
laptops, tablet PCs, smart phones, Internet phones (VoIP),
game stations, wireless printers, etc.
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