Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network specs

Chapter 5. Using BCAdmin™

The bottom portion of the Info Area contains three tabs, each of which contains a list of connections (if any). The BreadCrumbs tab shows connections to other BreadCrumb devices, the Clients tab shows connections with client devices, and the Pending Peers tab shows connections with other BreadCrumb devices that have not yet reported to BCAdmin (e.g., have just been turned on and are not yet fully booted, or are only reachable via an extremely poor link).

The same information is available in each list. The following ﬁgure shows an example listing of BreadCrumb connections.

Figure 5-7. Link Detail Tabs

Tip: Hover your mouse over the connection detail in the Info Area to highlight the corresponding line in the Topology Area.

Conﬁguring Individual BreadCrumbs

To conﬁgure a speciﬁc BreadCrumb device, right-click on the BreadCrumb device in the Topology Area and choose Properties.... A window will appear via which the BreadCrumb device can be

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Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network manual Conﬁguring Individual BreadCrumbs, Link Detail Tabs

Contents

Rajant Corporation For the BreadCrumb Wireless Network ReleasePage Table of Contents Using BCAdmin TroubleshootingConﬁguration Examples List of Figures List of Tables Preface Purpose and ScopeUser 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 Installing / Upgrading BCAdmin Upgrading BreadCrumb FirmwareUpgrading to Version Version 3 Power Input Flash Update Procedure for Version 2 and Version 3 Systems Upgrading to Version XLV XLE Models BreadCrumb ME ModelsAvailable 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 Physical Placement and Other Considerations Line Of SightDeployment Considerations Device power To Device power Distance Best-Case Distances by Radio PowerDistance Weather InterferenceAltitude 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 Access Control Lists ACLs WEPKey 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 BCAdmin Preferences SecNet11 Key FillingBreadCrumb 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 MAC Address PeerPending peer Reachback Appendix A. Status Indicator LED Color Blinking/Solid StatusTable A-1. LED Status Indications Appendix B. Radio Frequencies 802.11b Channel Frequency GHzTable B-1 .11b Channel Frequency Table Appendix C. Customer Service