Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network manual Info Area, Redundant Connection Example

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Chapter 5. Using BCAdmin™

Figure 5-5. Redundant Connection Example

Info Area

The Info Area shows detailed information speciﬁc to the currently selected BreadCrumb device, if any. To select a BreadCrumb device in the Topology Area, single-click it with your mouse. The selected BreadCrumb device will be highlighted with a dashed border.

The top portion of the Info Area shows a summary of the selected BreadCrumb device’s conﬁguration as pictured below:

Figure 5-6. BreadCrumb Summary Panel

In this example, you can see that the selected BreadCrumb device is running version 8.4 of the BreadCrumb ﬁrmware, and has been running for a little over 18 minutes. It has two radios, on channels 8 and 11, both of which are participating in the mesh and serving as access points. You can also see the two IPv4 addresses assigned to the radio cards, 10.217.208.1 and 10.217.207.1.

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Contents For the BreadCrumb Wireless Network Release Rajant CorporationPage Table of Contents Conﬁguration Examples Using BCAdminTroubleshooting List of Tables List of FiguresUser Information PrefacePurpose and Scope 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 to Version Installing / Upgrading BCAdminUpgrading BreadCrumb Firmware Flash Update Procedure for Version 2 and Version 3 Systems Version 3 Power InputUpgrading to Version Models XLV XLEAvailable BreadCrumb Models BreadCrumb MEModels 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 AddressesDeployment Considerations Physical Placement and Other ConsiderationsLine Of Sight Distance Device power To Device power DistanceBest-Case Distances by Radio Power Altitude WeatherInterference 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 ServerKey Access Control Lists ACLsWEP 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 EncryptionBreadCrumb inactivity threshold seconds BCAdmin PreferencesSecNet11 Key Filling 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 DevicePending peer MAC AddressPeer Reachback Table A-1. LED Status Indications Appendix A. Status Indicator LEDColor Blinking/Solid Status Table B-1 .11b Channel Frequency Table Appendix B. Radio Frequencies802.11b Channel Frequency GHz Appendix C. Customer Service