User's Manual

ME BreadCrumb User Guide Rajant Corporation
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Table of Contents
Contents Page
1.0 PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE ................................................................................................................................6
1.2 USER INFORMATION.................................................................................................................................. 6
2.0 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................. 7
2.1 WHAT IS A BREADCRUMB?...................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.1 TEMPORARY WIRELESS NETWORKS ............................................................................................7
2.1.2 MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORKS......................................................................................................7
2.1.3 WIRELESS NETWORK EXTENSION.................................................................................................7
2.1.4 WIRED NETWORK EXTENSION .......................................................................................................7
2.1.5 ANY COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE.............................................................................................8
2.2 MOBILITY THROUGH MESHING.............................................................................................................. 8
2.2.1 MESH – A DEFINITION.......................................................................................................................8
2.2.2 BREADCRUMB DEVICES MESH BY CHANNEL AND ESSID.......................................................8
2.3 DESCRIPTION OF ME BREADCRUMB ..................................................................................................... 9
2.3.1 FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................9
2.4 NETWORK FEATURES............................................................................................................................. 10
2.5 ANTENNA FEATURES ............................................................................................................................. 10
2.6 POWER FEATURES................................................................................................................................... 10
3.0 USING BCADMIN
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3.1 SCREEN LAYOUT...................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.1 TOPOLOGY AREA.............................................................................................................................13
3.1.2 ANATOMY OF THE BREADCRUMB BOX.....................................................................................14
3.2 ANATOMY OF A CONNECTION LINE.................................................................................................... 15
3.2.1 ASYMMETRIC CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................................16
3.2.2 INFO AREA .........................................................................................................................................17
3.3 CONFIGURING INDIVIDUAL BREADCRUMBS.................................................................................... 18
3.3.1 GENERAL SETTINGS........................................................................................................................18
3.4 RADIO SETTINGS...................................................................................................................................... 20
3.5 REACHBACK SETTINGS.......................................................................................................................... 21
3.6 FORWARDING SETTINGS........................................................................................................................ 23
3.6.1 EXT. PORTS ........................................................................................................................................24
3.6.2 PROTOCOL .........................................................................................................................................24
3.6.3 IP ADDRESS........................................................................................................................................24
3.6.4 TO PORTS............................................................................................................................................24
3.7 SECURITY................................................................................................................................................... 24
3.7.1 WEP......................................................................................................................................................24
3.7.2 ACCESS CONTROL LISTS (ACLs)...................................................................................................25
3.7.3 ENCRYPTING WIRED TRAFFIC......................................................................................................28
3.7.4 ZEROIZING THE ACCESS ID/FACTORY RESET...........................................................................28
3.7.5 AES-256 ENCRYPTION WITH OPENSSL........................................................................................28
3.7.6 ENABLING/DISABLING OpenSSL AES-256 ENCRYPTION .........................................................29
3.7.7 ENCRYPTING WIRED TRAFFIC......................................................................................................29
3.7.8 ZEROIZING THE KEY .......................................................................................................................29
3.8 BCADMIN PREFERENCES........................................................................................................................ 30
3.8.1 BREADCRUMB INACTIVITY THRESHOLD (SECONDS) ............................................................30
3.8.2 GPS STALENESS WARNING THRESHOLD (MINUTES)..............................................................30
3.8.3 DEFAULT BATTERY WARNING THRESHOLD (MINUTES).......................................................30
3.9 MAPPING WITH FUGAWI TRACKER ..................................................................................................... 32
4.0 DEPLOYING THE BREADCRUMB WIRELESS LAN ........................................................................... 33
4.1 OVERVIEW OF BCWL DEPLOYMENT ................................................................................................... 33
4.2 DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................................ 33