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
Bridge GUI Guide: Network Configuration
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3.3.2.9 Short Preamble
The short preamble is used by virtually all wireless devices
currently being produced. The
Short Preamble is therefore the
most likely requirement for new network implementations and
is
Enabled by default. The setting applies only to 802.11g band
operation; it is greyed out for Radio 2 and for Radio 1 when it is
configured to use the 802.11a band.
When
Short Preamble is Disabled connecting devices must use
the long preamble, which is still in use by some older 802.11b
devices. If the WLAN must support devices that use the long
preamble, you must set
Short Preamble for the radio on which
the access point BSS is configured to
Disabled.
You can configure
Short Preamble only in Advanced View.
3.3.2.10 Noise Immunity
For radios using the
802.11a band (Section 3.3.2.2), enabling
Noise Immunity allows the radio to aggressively lower the
receive threshold for the signal strength of connected nodes, in
order to compensate for unusual levels of local interference.
Noise Immunity is Disabled by default, and Fortress
recommends retaining the default, unless operating conditions
require a change.
3.3.2.11 Configuring Individual Radio Settings:
Table 3.5 shows which
Radio Settings appear in the two GUI
views.
1 Log on to the Bridge GUI through an Administrator-level
account and select
Configure -> Radio Settings from the
menu on the left.
2 If you are configuring one or more Advanced View settings
(see Table 3.5), click
ADVANCED VIEW in the upper right
corner of the page. (If not, skip this step.)
3 In the Radio Settings screen’s Radio Settings frame, enter
new values for those settings you want to configure
(described in sections 3.3.2.1 through 3.3.2.10, above).
Table 3.5. Radio Settings
Simple & Advanced Views Advanced View Only
Admin. State Network Type
Band Beacon Interval
Channel Distance
Noise Immunity Antenna Gain
TxPower
Short Preamble
Channel Exclusions