Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network guide

Chapter 5. Using BCAdmin™

These buttons allow individual devices to be added to or removed from the currently selected device list.

Note: The BreadCrumbs and Administrators tabs in the ACL are automatically merged into the Permitted Devices and Forbidden Devices lists. Separate tabs are only provided in order to ensure that the administrator has fully considered the ramiﬁcations of setting an ACL.

Warning

Be sure to include the BCAdmin workstation in the ACL so that you can continue administering the network!

AES-256 Encryption with AirFortress

Fortress Technologies provides FIPS 140-2-certiﬁed encryption via its AirFortress secure client software. This can be installed on any number of client devices without any modiﬁcations whatsoever to the BCWN conﬁguration. However, in order for client devices to receive IPv4 addresses from the BreadCrumb devices’ embedded DHCP servers, or for an AirFortress-encrypted workstation to communicate to a BreadCrumb device using BCAdmin, Rajant provides support for AirFortress encryption within the BreadCrumb devices themselves.

Contact your Rajant Account Representative to obtain the AirFortress secure client software for your laptops and handheld computers.

Important: When a BreadCrumb device is running with AirFortress enabled internally, only clients using the AirFortress client may communicate over the BCWN.

Tip: For more information about the AirFortress secure client, visit http://www.fortresstech.com.

Registering AirFortress

In order to enable AirFortress support on a BreadCrumb device, its internal driver must be activated via a one-time registration process. To do this, right-click on a BreadCrumb device in BCAdmin and choose Diagnostics and Maintenance, then Register AirFortress Encryption. If this menu option is not presented, Fortress is already registered on that BreadCrumb device.

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Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network manual AES-256 Encryption with AirFortress, Registering AirFortress

Contents

For the BreadCrumb Wireless Network Release Rajant CorporationPage Table of Contents Conﬁguration Examples Using BCAdminTroubleshooting List of Tables List of Figures User Information PrefacePurpose and Scope What is a BreadCrumb? Introduction Mobility through Meshing Mesh a DeﬁnitionBreadCrumb Devices Mesh by Channel and Essid Example Meshing Example 1 Full Connectivity New Features Performance / Process Improvements Issues ResolvedKnown Issues Upgrading to Version Upgrading to Version Installing / Upgrading BCAdminUpgrading BreadCrumb Firmware Flash Update Procedure for Version 2 and Version 3 Systems Version 3 Power Input Upgrading to Version Models XLV XLE Available BreadCrumb Models BreadCrumb MEModels External Connectors BreadCrumb WE BreadCrumb WE External Connectors BreadCrumb SE BreadCrumb SE External Connectors BreadCrumb XL BreadCrumb XL External Connector BreadCrumb XLV BreadCrumb XLV External Connectors BreadCrumb XLE BreadCrumb XLE External Connectors front Deployment Considerations AddressingChannel Assignments BreadCrumb Device Addresses Deployment 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 Layout Using BCAdmin Topology Area Anatomy of the BreadCrumb Box BreadCrumb Device Name Time Since Last Update Anatomy of the Client BoxNumber of Peers Number of Clients Anatomy of a Connection Line 802.11b Channel Line Color BCAdmin Line Styles Legend Info Area Redundant Connection Example Conﬁguring Individual BreadCrumbs Link Detail Tabs General Settings NameType Location Using BCAdmin Color Battery Warning minutesManual GPS Settings Latitude and Longitude AirFortress Encryption AES-256 and Set Access ID Radio Settings Access PointChannel Mesh Reachback Settings Reachback InterfaceNone Ethernet Using BCAdmin Radio Radio 2 ad hocMode Automatic Using BCAdmin Gateway Ingress DisabledAlternate Gateway WEP Key Forwarding Settings 11. BreadCrumb Properties Forwarding Tab Security Example Port Forwarding Conﬁguration for a Web Server Key Access Control Lists ACLsWEP Deny by default allow only permitted devices Allow by default deny only forbidden devices AES-256 Encryption with AirFortress Registering AirFortress Setting the Access ID 14. Set Access ID Window Encrypting Wired Trafﬁc Zeroizing the Access IDHarris SecNET11 Enabling/Disabling AirFortress Encryption BreadCrumb inactivity threshold seconds BCAdmin PreferencesSecNet11 Key Filling Mapping with Fugawi Tracker Connecting Remote Wired LANs Conﬁguration ExamplesUnencrypted Point-to-Multipoint Encrypted Point-to-Point Convoy with UAV-Based Camera for Forward Observation Conﬁguration Examples Encrypting a Video Feed Conﬁguration Examples Troubleshooting BreadCrumb Wireless NetworkIndividual BreadCrumbs Sporadic Network Connectivity Sporadic Network Connectivity Issues BreadCrumb Device Cannot Connect to Bcwn BCAdmin Restoring Default Settings Factory ResetTroubleshooting BreadCrumb-BCWN Connectivity Issues Factory Reset Button Case Study Military Exercise in Thailand Joint Exercise Network BCAdmin screen during exercise showing BreadCrumb network Case Study Military Exercise in Thailand Balloon with Camera and BreadCrumb BCAdmin Glossary802.11b BreadCrumb / BreadCrumb Device Pending 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