Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network instruction

BreadCrumb® Wireless Network User

Guide

For the BreadCrumb® Wireless Network Release 8.4

Rajant Corporation

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Fortress Technologies manual For the BreadCrumb Wireless Network Release, Rajant Corporation

Contents

Rajant Corporation For the BreadCrumb Wireless Network ReleasePage Table of Contents Troubleshooting Using BCAdminConﬁguration Examples List of Figures List of Tables Purpose and Scope PrefaceUser Information Introduction What is a BreadCrumb? Mesh a Deﬁnition Mobility through MeshingBreadCrumb Devices Mesh by Channel and Essid Example Meshing Example 1 Full Connectivity Issues Resolved New Features Performance / Process ImprovementsKnown Issues Upgrading to Version Upgrading BreadCrumb Firmware Installing / Upgrading BCAdminUpgrading to Version Version 3 Power Input Flash Update Procedure for Version 2 and Version 3 Systems Upgrading to Version XLV XLE Models Models BreadCrumb MEAvailable BreadCrumb Models BreadCrumb WE External Connectors BreadCrumb SE BreadCrumb WE External Connectors BreadCrumb XL BreadCrumb SE External Connectors BreadCrumb XLV BreadCrumb XL External Connector BreadCrumb XLE BreadCrumb XLV External Connectors BreadCrumb XLE External Connectors front Addressing Deployment ConsiderationsChannel Assignments BreadCrumb Device Addresses Line 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 BCAdmin Topology Area Using BCAdmin BreadCrumb Device Name Anatomy of the BreadCrumb Box Anatomy of the Client Box Time Since Last UpdateNumber of Peers Number of Clients 802.11b Channel Line Color Anatomy of a Connection Line BCAdmin Line Styles Legend Redundant Connection Example Info Area Link Detail Tabs Conﬁguring Individual BreadCrumbs Name General SettingsType Location Battery Warning minutes Using BCAdmin ColorManual GPS Settings Latitude and Longitude AirFortress Encryption AES-256 and Set Access ID Access Point Radio SettingsChannel Mesh Reachback Interface Reachback SettingsNone Ethernet Radio 2 ad hoc Using BCAdmin RadioMode Automatic Disabled Using BCAdmin Gateway IngressAlternate Gateway WEP Key 11. BreadCrumb Properties Forwarding Tab Forwarding Settings Example Port Forwarding Conﬁguration for a Web Server Security WEP Access Control Lists ACLsKey Allow by default deny only forbidden devices Deny by default allow only permitted devices Registering AirFortress AES-256 Encryption with AirFortress 14. Set Access ID Window Setting the Access ID Zeroizing the Access ID Encrypting Wired TrafﬁcHarris SecNET11 Enabling/Disabling AirFortress Encryption SecNet11 Key Filling BCAdmin PreferencesBreadCrumb inactivity threshold seconds Mapping with Fugawi Tracker Conﬁguration Examples Connecting Remote Wired LANsUnencrypted Point-to-Multipoint Encrypted Point-to-Point Conﬁguration Examples Convoy with UAV-Based Camera for Forward Observation Encrypting a Video Feed Conﬁguration Examples BreadCrumb Wireless Network TroubleshootingIndividual BreadCrumbs Sporadic Network Connectivity BreadCrumb Device Cannot Connect to Bcwn Sporadic Network Connectivity Issues Restoring Default Settings Factory Reset BCAdminTroubleshooting BreadCrumb-BCWN Connectivity Issues Factory Reset Button Joint Exercise Network Case Study Military Exercise in Thailand Case Study Military Exercise in Thailand BCAdmin screen during exercise showing BreadCrumb network Balloon with Camera and BreadCrumb Glossary BCAdmin802.11b BreadCrumb / BreadCrumb Device Peer 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