User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Mesh Point CLI and Administrative Access
- Chapter 3 Networking and Radio Configuration
- 3.1 Network Interfaces
- 3.2 Network Bridging
- 3.2.1 Bridging Configuration
- 3.2.2 FastPath Mesh Bridging
- 3.2.3 Fine-tuning FastPath Mesh Network Performance
- 3.2.3.1 Selecting the FastPath Mesh Multicast Transmit Mode
- 3.2.3.2 Setting the FastPath Mesh Packet Interval
- 3.2.3.3 Setting the FastPath Mesh Transmit Control Level
- 3.2.3.4 Setting Multicast Video Clamping Thresholds
- 3.2.3.5 Setting Mesh Routing Reactivity
- 3.2.3.6 Setting Mesh Packet Time To Live
- 3.2.3.7 Viewing Current Mesh Performance Parameters
- 3.2.3.8 Frame Processor Parameters
- 3.2.4 STP Bridging
- 3.3 Global Radio Settings
- 3.4 Individual Radio Settings
- 3.4.1 Radio Band, Short Preamble, Guard Interval
- 3.4.2 Channel Selection
- 3.4.3 Distance, Beacon Interval, Noise Immunity
- 3.4.4 Network Type, Antenna Gain, Tx Power
- 3.4.5 MIMO
- 3.4.6 STBC
- 3.4.7 Channel Lock and Other Channel Selection Features
- 3.4.8 DFS, TDWR, and Channel Exclusion
- 3.4.9 Radio BSS Settings
- 3.4.9.1 BSS Radio, BSS Name and SSID
- 3.4.9.2 WDS Bridging or AP Infrastructure Configuration
- 3.4.9.3 BSS State, SSID Advertising and Drop Probe Requests
- 3.4.9.4 BSS STA Idle Timeout and 802.11g-Only Settings
- 3.4.9.5 BSS Unicast Transmission Rate Settings
- 3.4.9.6 BSS WMM QoS Setting
- 3.4.9.7 BSS Fragmentation and RTS Thresholds
- 3.4.9.8 BSS DTIM Beacon Countdown
- 3.4.9.9 BSS VLANs Settings
- 3.4.9.10 BSS Fortress Security Zone
- 3.4.9.11 FastPath Mesh BSS Cost Offset
- 3.4.9.12 BSS Multicast Settings
- 3.4.9.13 Bridging MTU and Beacon Encryption
- 3.4.9.14 BSS Description
- 3.4.9.15 BSS Wi-Fi Security Configuration
- 3.4.10 Antenna Tracking / Rate Monitoring
- 3.4.11 ES210 Mesh Point STA Settings and Operation
- 3.4.11.1 STA Radio, Name, SSID and SSID Roaming
- 3.4.11.2 STA State
- 3.4.11.3 STA Unicast Transmission Rate Settings
- 3.4.11.4 STA Background Scanning
- 3.4.11.5 STA WMM QoS Setting
- 3.4.11.6 STA Fragmentation and RTS Thresholds
- 3.4.11.7 STA Multicast Rate
- 3.4.11.8 STA Description
- 3.4.11.9 STA Wi-Fi Security Configuration
- 3.4.11.10 Editing or Deleting a STA Interface Connection
- 3.4.11.11 Establishing a STA Interface Connection
- 3.4.11.12 ES210 Station Access Control Lists
- 3.5 Local Area Network Configuration
- 3.6 Time and Location Configuration
- 3.7 GPS and Location Configuration
- 3.8 DHCP and DNS Services
- 3.9 Ethernet Interfaces
- 3.10 Quality of Service
- 3.11 VLANs Implementation
- 3.12 ES210 Mesh Point Serial Port Settings
- 3.13 Mesh Viewer Protocol Settings
- Chapter 4 Network Security, Authentication and Auditing
- 4.1 Fortress Security Settings
- 4.1.1 Operating Mode
- 4.1.2 FIPS Settings
- 4.1.3 MSP Encryption Algorithm
- 4.1.4 Encrypted Data Compression
- 4.1.5 MSP Key Establishment
- 4.1.6 MSP Re-Key Interval
- 4.1.7 Key Beacon Interval
- 4.1.8 Fortress Legacy Devices
- 4.1.9 Encrypted Zone Cleartext Traffic
- 4.1.10 Encrypted Zone Management Settings
- 4.1.11 Authorized Wireless Client Management Settings
- 4.1.12 Turning Mesh Point GUI Access Off and On
- 4.1.13 SSH Access to the Mesh Point CLI
- 4.1.14 Blackout Mode
- 4.1.15 Allow Cached Credentials
- 4.1.16 Fortress Access ID
- 4.2 Digital Certificates
- 4.3 Access Control Entries
- 4.4 Internet Protocol Security
- 4.5 Authentication and Timeouts
- 4.5.1 Authentication Servers
- 4.5.2 Internal Authentication Server
- 4.5.2.1 Basic Internal Authentication Server Settings
- 4.5.2.2 Certificate Authority Settings
- 4.5.2.3 Global User and Device Authentication Settings
- 4.5.2.4 Local 802.1X Authentication Settings
- 4.5.2.5 OCSP Authentication Server Settings
- 4.5.2.6 OCSP Cache Settings and Management
- 4.5.2.7 Internal Authentication Server Access Control Lists
- 4.5.3 User Authentication
- 4.5.4 Client Device Authentication
- 4.5.5 Session Idle Timeouts
- 4.6 ACLs and Cleartext Devices
- 4.7 Remote Audit Logging
- 4.8 Wireless Schedules
- 4.1 Fortress Security Settings
- Chapter 5 System Options, Maintenance and Licensing
- Chapter 6 System and Network Monitoring
- Index
- Glossary
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3.8.3 Enabling Multicast DNS
Multicast DNS (mDNS) enables plug-and-play or zero
configuration networking, which allows a link-local IP network
to be created automatically without manual configuration or
special configuration servers (such as DHCP or DNS).
A set of hosts on the same link, all implementing zero-
configuration networking, can immediately start to
communicate via IP without any external configuration.
When enabled on Fortress Mesh Points, non-Mesh Points that
support zero-configuration networking can use mDNS queries
to resolve MP and NMP names in the mesh (in the .local
domain), even when DNS services are not available. mDNS is
very similar to DNS, except that queries are sent to the link-
local multicast address instead of to a DNS server’s unicast
address.
To enable the multicast DNS server, use the
set command:
# set multicast-dns -enable y|n
Determine whether or not the multicast DNS server is enabled
with the
show command:
# show multicast-dns
Multicast DNS State: disable
You must be logged on to an
administrator
-level account to
change configuration settings (refer to Section 2.2).
3.9 Ethernet Interfaces
Fortress Mesh Points are equipped for wired network
connections with varying numbers of Ethernet ports with
various optional characteristics.
Table 3.9 Fortress Mesh Point Ethernet Ports
Fortress
model
# of
Eth ports
HW label GUI label
takes
PoE
serves
PoE
default
encryption
ES2440 3
Ethernet1
Ethernet 1/WAN/PoE
yes no encrypted
Ethernet2 &
Ethernet3
Ethernet2 &
Ethernet3
no no clear
ES820 2
Enet1/P1
Ethernet1
no no encrypted
Enet2/P2
Ethernet2
no no clear
ES520 9
WAN
wan1
yes no encrypted
1–8
lan1–lan8
no yes clear
ES210 2
Ethernet (WAN)
Ethernet1
no no encrypted
Ethernet
Ethernet2
no no clear