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Chapter 8. Case Study: Military Exercise in Thailand

the ﬁfth and ﬁnal BreadCrumb was placed in a moving vehicle at the foot of the mountain providing NetMeeting capabilities with military personnel back at the base.

Figure 8-4. Balloon with Camera and BreadCrumb

Figure 8-5. Soldier communicating over BCWN using Microsoft NetMeeting

Rajant employees also returned to Phuket, where Rajant BreadCrumb devices had been left this past January to aid in the tsunami relief effort. The BreadCrumbs were all operational and working, with the exception of one that had been directly struck by lightning. Each remaining BreadCrumb device had operated continually without user intervention, with the entire network supporting up to 70 users at a time.

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Contents Rajant Corporation For the BreadCrumb Wireless Network ReleasePage Table of Contents Conﬁguration Examples Using BCAdminTroubleshooting List of Figures List of TablesUser Information PrefacePurpose and Scope Introduction What is a BreadCrumb?Example Mobility through MeshingMesh a Deﬁnition BreadCrumb Devices Mesh by Channel and EssidMeshing Example 1 Full Connectivity Upgrading to Version New Features Performance / Process ImprovementsIssues Resolved Known IssuesUpgrading to Version Installing / Upgrading BCAdminUpgrading BreadCrumb Firmware Version 3 Power Input Flash Update Procedure for Version 2 and Version 3 SystemsUpgrading to Version XLV XLE ModelsAvailable BreadCrumb Models BreadCrumb MEModels 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 BreadCrumb Device Addresses Deployment ConsiderationsAddressing Channel AssignmentsDeployment Considerations Physical Placement and Other ConsiderationsLine Of Sight Distance Device power To Device power DistanceBest-Case Distances by Radio Power Altitude WeatherInterference Screen Layout Using BCAdminTopology Area Using BCAdminBreadCrumb Device Name Anatomy of the BreadCrumb BoxNumber of Clients Time Since Last UpdateAnatomy of the Client Box Number of Peers802.11b Channel Line Color Anatomy of a Connection LineBCAdmin Line Styles Legend Redundant Connection Example Info AreaLink Detail Tabs Conﬁguring Individual BreadCrumbsLocation General SettingsName TypeAirFortress Encryption AES-256 and Set Access ID Using BCAdmin ColorBattery Warning minutes Manual GPS Settings Latitude and LongitudeMesh Radio SettingsAccess Point ChannelEthernet Reachback SettingsReachback Interface NoneAutomatic Using BCAdmin RadioRadio 2 ad hoc ModeWEP Key Using BCAdmin Gateway IngressDisabled Alternate Gateway11. BreadCrumb Properties Forwarding Tab Forwarding SettingsExample Port Forwarding Conﬁguration for a Web Server SecurityKey Access Control Lists ACLsWEP 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 IDEnabling/Disabling AirFortress Encryption Encrypting Wired TrafﬁcZeroizing the Access ID Harris SecNET11BreadCrumb inactivity threshold seconds BCAdmin PreferencesSecNet11 Key Filling Mapping with Fugawi Tracker Encrypted Point-to-Point Connecting Remote Wired LANsConﬁguration Examples Unencrypted Point-to-MultipointConﬁguration Examples Convoy with UAV-Based Camera for Forward ObservationEncrypting a Video Feed Conﬁguration Examples Sporadic Network Connectivity TroubleshootingBreadCrumb Wireless Network Individual BreadCrumbsBreadCrumb Device Cannot Connect to Bcwn Sporadic Network Connectivity IssuesBreadCrumb-BCWN Connectivity Issues BCAdminRestoring Default Settings Factory Reset Troubleshooting Factory 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 BreadCrumb / BreadCrumb Device BCAdminGlossary 802.11bPending 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