Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network manual Anatomy of the BreadCrumb Box

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Chapter 5. Using BCAdmin™

Tip: BCAdmin makes an effort to layout the Topology Area in an easily readable way, with a minimum of line intersections and superimposed boxes. Sometimes, however, the screen can get cluttered. BCAdmin provides two features to help cope with this, which may be used in combination:

A Play/Pause button in the toolbar below the File menu allows you to enable/disable continuous layout, effectively allowing you to "lock" BreadCrumb devices in place.

BreadCrumb device and client device icons can be dragged to desired positions in the Topology Area using the mouse.

The larger blocks in the Topology Area represent BreadCrumb devices. The smaller blocks with blue outlines represent client devices.

Detailed information for a BreadCrumb device can be viewed in the Info Area by selecting the BreadCrumb device in the Topology Area. To select a BreadCrumb device, single-click it with your mouse. The selected BreadCrumb device will be highlighted with a dashed border. A description of the detailed information is provided later in this chapter.

Anatomy of the BreadCrumb Box

The following figure shows a close-up image of a BreadCrumb device as represented on the BCAdmin Topology Area.

Figure 5-2. The BreadCrumb Box

1.BreadCrumb Device Name

The BreadCrumb device’s name is displayed in the upper-left area of the BreadCrumb Box. The name is assigned by an administrator using the process described in the Section called Configuring

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Contents For the BreadCrumb Wireless Network Release Rajant CorporationPage Table of Contents Troubleshooting Using BCAdminConfiguration Examples List of Tables List of FiguresPurpose and Scope PrefaceUser Information What is a BreadCrumb? IntroductionMobility through Meshing Mesh a DefinitionBreadCrumb Devices Mesh by Channel and Essid ExampleMeshing Example 1 Full Connectivity New Features Performance / Process Improvements Issues ResolvedKnown Issues Upgrading to VersionUpgrading BreadCrumb Firmware Installing / Upgrading BCAdminUpgrading to Version Flash Update Procedure for Version 2 and Version 3 Systems Version 3 Power InputUpgrading to Version Models XLV XLEModels BreadCrumb MEAvailable BreadCrumb Models External Connectors BreadCrumb WEBreadCrumb WE External Connectors BreadCrumb SEBreadCrumb SE External Connectors BreadCrumb XLBreadCrumb XL External Connector BreadCrumb XLVBreadCrumb XLV External Connectors BreadCrumb XLEBreadCrumb XLE External Connectors front Deployment Considerations AddressingChannel 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 Using BCAdmin Screen LayoutUsing BCAdmin Topology AreaAnatomy of the BreadCrumb Box BreadCrumb Device NameTime Since Last Update Anatomy of the Client BoxNumber of Peers Number of ClientsAnatomy of a Connection Line 802.11b Channel Line ColorBCAdmin Line Styles Legend Info Area Redundant Connection ExampleConfiguring Individual BreadCrumbs Link Detail TabsGeneral Settings NameType LocationUsing BCAdmin Color Battery Warning minutesManual GPS Settings Latitude and Longitude AirFortress Encryption AES-256 and Set Access IDRadio Settings Access PointChannel MeshReachback Settings Reachback InterfaceNone EthernetUsing BCAdmin Radio Radio 2 ad hocMode AutomaticUsing BCAdmin Gateway Ingress DisabledAlternate Gateway WEP KeyForwarding Settings 11. BreadCrumb Properties Forwarding TabSecurity Example Port Forwarding Configuration for a Web ServerWEP Access Control Lists ACLsKey Deny by default allow only permitted devices Allow by default deny only forbidden devicesAES-256 Encryption with AirFortress Registering AirFortressSetting the Access ID 14. Set Access ID WindowEncrypting Wired Traffic Zeroizing the Access IDHarris SecNET11 Enabling/Disabling AirFortress EncryptionSecNet11 Key Filling BCAdmin PreferencesBreadCrumb inactivity threshold seconds Mapping with Fugawi Tracker Connecting Remote Wired LANs Configuration ExamplesUnencrypted Point-to-Multipoint Encrypted Point-to-PointConvoy with UAV-Based Camera for Forward Observation Configuration ExamplesEncrypting a Video Feed Configuration Examples Troubleshooting BreadCrumb Wireless NetworkIndividual BreadCrumbs Sporadic Network ConnectivitySporadic Network Connectivity Issues BreadCrumb Device Cannot Connect to BcwnBCAdmin Restoring Default Settings Factory ResetTroubleshooting BreadCrumb-BCWN Connectivity IssuesFactory Reset Button Case Study Military Exercise in Thailand Joint Exercise NetworkBCAdmin screen during exercise showing BreadCrumb network Case Study Military Exercise in ThailandBalloon with Camera and BreadCrumb BCAdmin Glossary802.11b 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