How to add a network on Skydio Cloud

Step 1 - Select Settings

Step 2 - Select Network

Step 3 - Select Add New Network

Step 4 - Input SSID the name of your wireless network

• • Skydio 2 is compatible with both 2.4 and 5 GHz networks
  • Skydio X2 and Skydio 2+ are only compatible with 5 GHz networks

Step 5 - Input the password

• • you can modify the SSID but not the password

Step 6 - Select Add

• • repeat steps to add additional wireless networks allowing your Skydio drones to leverage multiple networks for connectivity

Step 7 - Organize the priority networks

• • networks are ordered by priority, with the top connecting first
  • drag the network box to reorder

Ensure that the network is WPA2-PSK compatible:

• • WPA2-PSK (WPA2 Personal) networks using an SSID and password are compatible
  • WPA2-Enterprise networks are NOT compatible

Turn off media access control (MAC) address filtering:

• • if you need to connect to a network that uses MAC filtering, contact Skydio support to obtain the MAC to address for your drone

Ensure that Skydio X2 is connected to a 5 GHz wireless network:

• • disable Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
  • disable channels: 50-150 inclusive
  • disable the UNII-2 bands 

Standard 5GHz networks include a set of channels, known as UNII-2, that are used for weather radar systems. To avoid conflict with these systems, a device that operates on these channels is required to implement Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS). Skydio drones do not support 5 GHz wifi networks on U-NII-2 per the United States Federal Communications Commission regulations.

For more information visit: Cisco 5GHz WiFi Network Channel Documentation.

Other recommended settings:

• • set Channel width to 20 MHz
  • enable 6 Mbps in the data rates tab