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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3.3.4.10 BSS Unicast Rate Mode and Maximum Rate
NOTE: You can
configure the uni-
cast minimum rate in
the Bridge CLI (refer to
the CLI Software
Guide). On a radio us-
ing any 802.11g band,
the default is
1 Mbps.
On a radio using any
802.11a band, the de-
fault is 6 Mbps.
When a BSS is configured to use a Unicast Rate Mode setting
of
auto (the default), the interface dynamically adjusts the bit
rate at which it transmits unicast data frames—throttling
between the configured
Unicast Maximum Rate and the
minimum rate—to provide the optimal data rate for the
connection.
At a
Unicast Rate Mode setting of fixed, the BSS will use the
configured
Unicast Maximum Rate for all unicast transmissions.
Transmission rates are set in megabits per second (Mbps).
Unicast Maximum Rate can be set only to a value greater than
or equal to the minimum rate. Usable values for
Unicast
Maximum Rate settings depend on the Band setting for the
radio on which the BSS is configured, as indicated by the
markers in Table 3.6.
NOTE: Radio Band
settings are cov-
ered in detail in Section
3.3.2.2).
The default Unicast Maximum Rate for a new BSS specifies the
highest setting possible, as determined by the 802.11 standard
in use by the radio on which you are configuring the BSS. The
default depends on whether or not the radio is using 802.11n:
On a radio with an
802.11a or 802.11g Band setting, the default
Unicast Maximum Rate is 54 Mbps. On a radio using any of the
802.11n settings in either frequency band, the default
Unicast
Maximum Rate
is 65 Mbps.
You can configure
Unicast Rate Mode and Unicast Maximum
Rate only in Advanced View.
3.3.4.11 BSS Multicast Rate
CAUTION: Too high
a
Multicast Rate will
limit the ability of a Fast-
Path Mesh network to es-
tablish adjacency with
neighbor MPs unable to
receive multi-/broadcast
packets at the specified
rate (due to distance, for
example).
The bit rate at which a wireless interface sends multicast
frames is negotiated per connection.
Multicast Rate sets a floor
for multicast transmissions by specifying the lowest bit rate at
which the BSS will send multicast frames.
BSSs on a radio configured by default to use the 2.4 GHz
802.11g band have a default
Multicast Rate of 1 Mbps, which is
appropriate for a BSS using the 2.4 GHz frequency band,
typically to provide wireless access to local devices. Fortress
recommends leaving BSSs in the 802.11g band, including all
802.11ng options, at the default of
1.
BSSs on a radio fixed on, or configured by default to use, the
5 GHz 802.11a band have a default
Multicast Rate of 6 Mbps,
Table 3.6. Usable BSS Rate Settings (in Mbps) per Radio Band Setting
1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54 6.5 13 19.5 26 39 52 58.5 65
802.11a
802.11g
802.11naht
802.11nght