User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Front
- Introduction
- Bridge GUI and Administrative Access
- 2.1 Bridge GUI
- 2.2 Administrative Accounts and Access
- 2.2.1 Global Administrator Settings
- 2.2.2 Individual Administrator Accounts
- 2.2.2.1 Administrator User Names
- 2.2.2.2 Account Administrative State
- 2.2.2.3 Administrative Role
- 2.2.2.4 Administrator Audit Requirement
- 2.2.2.5 Administrator Full Name and Description
- 2.2.2.6 Administrator Interface Permissions
- 2.2.2.7 Administrator Passwords and Password Controls
- 2.2.2.8 Adding Administrative Accounts
- 2.2.2.9 Editing Administrative Accounts
- 2.2.2.10 Deleting Administrative Accounts
- 2.2.2.11 Changing Administrative Passwords
- 2.2.2.12 Unlocking Administrator Accounts
- 2.2.3 Administrator IP Address Access Control
- 2.2.4 SNMP Administration
- Network and Radio Configuration
- 3.1 Network Interfaces
- 3.2 Bridging Configuration
- 3.3 Radio Settings
- 3.3.1 Advanced Global Radio Settings
- 3.3.2 Individual Radio Settings
- 3.3.3 DFS Operation and Channel Exclusion
- 3.3.4 Radio BSS Settings
- 3.3.4.1 BSS Administrative State and Name
- 3.3.4.2 BSS SSID and Advertise SSID
- 3.3.4.3 Wireless Bridge and Minimum RSS
- 3.3.4.4 User Cost Offset and FastPath Mesh Mode
- 3.3.4.5 BSS Switching Mode and Default VLAN ID
- 3.3.4.6 BSS G Band Only Setting
- 3.3.4.7 BSS WMM Setting
- 3.3.4.8 BSS DTIM Period
- 3.3.4.9 BSS RTS and Fragmentation Thresholds
- 3.3.4.10 BSS Unicast Rate Mode and Maximum Rate
- 3.3.4.11 BSS Multicast Rate
- 3.3.4.12 BSS Description
- 3.3.4.13 BSS Fortress Security Setting
- 3.3.4.14 BSS Wi-Fi Security Settings
- 3.3.4.15 Configuring a Radio BSS
- 3.3.5 ES210 Bridge STA Settings and Operation
- 3.3.5.1 Station Administrative State
- 3.3.5.2 Station Name and Description
- 3.3.5.3 Station SSID
- 3.3.5.4 Station BSSID
- 3.3.5.5 Station WMM
- 3.3.5.6 Station Fragmentation and RTS Thresholds
- 3.3.5.7 Station Unicast Rate Mode and Maximum Rate
- 3.3.5.8 Station Multicast Rate
- 3.3.5.9 Station Fortress Security Status
- 3.3.5.10 Station Wi-Fi Security Settings
- 3.3.5.11 Establishing an ES210 Bridge STA Interface Connection
- 3.3.5.12 Editing or Deleting the ES210 Bridge STA Interface
- 3.3.5.13 Enabling and Disabling ES210 Bridge Station Mode
- 3.4 Basic Network Settings Configuration
- 3.5 Location or GPS Configuration
- 3.6 DHCP and DNS Services
- 3.7 Ethernet Interface Settings
- 3.7.1 Port Administrative State
- 3.7.2 Port Speed and Duplex Settings
- 3.7.3 Port FastPath Mesh Mode and User Cost Offset
- 3.7.4 Port Fortress Security
- 3.7.5 Port 802.1X Authentication
- 3.7.6 Port Default VLAN ID and Port Switching Mode
- 3.7.7 Port QoS Setting
- 3.7.8 Port Power over Ethernet
- 3.7.9 Configuring Ethernet Ports
- 3.8 QoS Implementation
- 3.9 VLANs Implementation
- 3.10 ES210 Bridge Serial Port Settings
- Security, Access, and Auditing Configuration
- 4.1 Fortress Security
- 4.1.1 Operating Mode
- 4.1.2 MSP Encryption Algorithm
- 4.1.3 MSP Key Establishment
- 4.1.4 MSP Re-Key Interval
- 4.1.5 Access to the Bridge GUI
- 4.1.6 Secure Shell Access to the Bridge CLI
- 4.1.7 Blackout Mode
- 4.1.8 FIPS Self-Test Settings
- 4.1.9 Encrypted Data Compression
- 4.1.10 Encrypted Interface Cleartext Traffic
- 4.1.11 Encrypted Interface Management Access
- 4.1.12 Guest Management
- 4.1.13 Cached Authentication Credentials
- 4.1.14 Fortress Beacon Interval
- 4.1.15 Global Client and Host Idle Timeouts
- 4.1.16 Changing Basic Security Settings:
- 4.1.17 Fortress Access ID
- 4.2 Internet Protocol Security
- 4.3 Authentication Services
- 4.3.1 Authentication Server Settings
- 4.3.2 The Local Authentication Server
- 4.3.2.1 Local Authentication Server State
- 4.3.2.2 Local Authentication Server Port and Shared Key
- 4.3.2.3 Local Authentication Server Priority
- 4.3.2.4 Local Authentication Server Max Retries and Retry Interval
- 4.3.2.5 Local Authentication Server Default Idle and Session Timeouts
- 4.3.2.6 Local Authentication Server Global Device, User and Administrator Settings
- 4.3.2.7 Local 802.1X Authentication Settings
- 4.3.2.8 Configuring the Local RADIUS Server
- 4.3.3 Local User and Device Authentication
- 4.4 Local Session and Idle Timeouts
- 4.5 ACLs and Cleartext Devices
- 4.6 Remote Audit Logging
- 4.1 Fortress Security
- System and Network Monitoring
- System and Network Maintenance
- Index
- Glossary
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