Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network manual Rajant Corporation

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BreadCrumb® Wireless Network User

Guide

For the BreadCrumb® Wireless Network Release 8.4

Rajant Corporation

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Contents Rajant Corporation For the BreadCrumb Wireless Network ReleasePage Table of Contents Troubleshooting Using BCAdminConﬁguration Examples List of Figures List of TablesPurpose and Scope PrefaceUser Information Introduction What is a BreadCrumb?Mesh a Deﬁnition Mobility through MeshingBreadCrumb Devices Mesh by Channel and Essid ExampleMeshing Example 1 Full Connectivity Issues Resolved New Features Performance / Process ImprovementsKnown Issues Upgrading to VersionUpgrading BreadCrumb Firmware Installing / Upgrading BCAdminUpgrading to Version Version 3 Power Input Flash Update Procedure for Version 2 and Version 3 SystemsUpgrading to Version XLV XLE ModelsModels BreadCrumb MEAvailable BreadCrumb Models BreadCrumb WE External ConnectorsBreadCrumb SE BreadCrumb WE External ConnectorsBreadCrumb XL BreadCrumb SE External ConnectorsBreadCrumb XLV BreadCrumb XL External ConnectorBreadCrumb XLE BreadCrumb XLV External ConnectorsBreadCrumb XLE External Connectors front Addressing Deployment ConsiderationsChannel Assignments BreadCrumb Device AddressesLine Of Sight Physical Placement and Other ConsiderationsDeployment Considerations Best-Case Distances by Radio Power Device power To Device power DistanceDistance Interference WeatherAltitude Screen Layout Using BCAdminTopology Area Using BCAdminBreadCrumb Device Name Anatomy of the BreadCrumb BoxAnatomy of the Client Box Time Since Last UpdateNumber of Peers Number of Clients802.11b Channel Line Color Anatomy of a Connection LineBCAdmin Line Styles Legend Redundant Connection Example Info AreaLink Detail Tabs Conﬁguring Individual BreadCrumbsName General SettingsType LocationBattery Warning minutes Using BCAdmin ColorManual GPS Settings Latitude and Longitude AirFortress Encryption AES-256 and Set Access IDAccess Point Radio SettingsChannel MeshReachback Interface Reachback SettingsNone EthernetRadio 2 ad hoc Using BCAdmin RadioMode AutomaticDisabled Using BCAdmin Gateway IngressAlternate Gateway WEP Key11. BreadCrumb Properties Forwarding Tab Forwarding SettingsExample Port Forwarding Conﬁguration for a Web Server SecurityWEP Access Control Lists ACLsKey Allow by default deny only forbidden devices Deny by default allow only permitted devicesRegistering AirFortress AES-256 Encryption with AirFortress14. Set Access ID Window Setting the Access IDZeroizing the Access ID Encrypting Wired TrafﬁcHarris SecNET11 Enabling/Disabling AirFortress EncryptionSecNet11 Key Filling BCAdmin PreferencesBreadCrumb inactivity threshold seconds Mapping with Fugawi Tracker Conﬁguration Examples Connecting Remote Wired LANsUnencrypted Point-to-Multipoint Encrypted Point-to-PointConﬁguration Examples Convoy with UAV-Based Camera for Forward ObservationEncrypting a Video Feed Conﬁguration Examples BreadCrumb Wireless Network TroubleshootingIndividual BreadCrumbs Sporadic Network ConnectivityBreadCrumb Device Cannot Connect to Bcwn Sporadic Network Connectivity IssuesRestoring Default Settings Factory Reset BCAdminTroubleshooting BreadCrumb-BCWN Connectivity IssuesFactory Reset Button Joint Exercise Network Case Study Military Exercise in ThailandCase Study Military Exercise in Thailand BCAdmin screen during exercise showing BreadCrumb networkBalloon with Camera and BreadCrumb Glossary BCAdmin802.11b BreadCrumb / BreadCrumb DevicePeer MAC AddressPending peer Reachback Color Blinking/Solid Status Appendix A. Status Indicator LEDTable A-1. LED Status Indications 802.11b Channel Frequency GHz Appendix B. Radio FrequenciesTable B-1 .11b Channel Frequency Table Appendix C. Customer Service