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
Fortress ES-Series CLI Guide: Networking and Radio Configuration
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NOTE: It is possi-
ble to configure a
rate such as 48, which is
not an 802.11n rate, for
MaxRate or MinRate
on an 802.11n capable
radio. In that case the
MCS chosen will be the
one associated with the
next higher 802.11n rate.
For 48, that would be
rate "52", or MCS 5 or
13, depending on the
other radio configura-
tion settings.
Table 3.8 can also be used to figure out the range of unicast
transmission rates the radio will use when
RateMode auto and
the
MaxRate and MinRate are configured. For example, look
up each of those rate settings under the correct configuration
options, and the results will give the top and bottom of the
range.
3.4.9.6 BSS WMM QoS Setting
Traffic received on BSSs enabled for Wi-Fi Multimedia (
WMM)
QoS (Quality of Service) is prioritized according to the WMM
tags included in its VLAN tags, if present, or directly in its
802.11 headers, if no VLAN tags are present.
WMM is enabled by
default.
When
WMM is disabled, traffic received on the BSS is treated as
untagged and marked for
Medium (or Best Effort) QoS
handling (Section 3.10). The internal marking is used if the data
is transmitted out an interface that requires marking (such as
another WMM-enabled BSS or an 802.1Q VLAN trunk).
NOTE: BSSs serv-
ing as
Core
inter-
faces in an FP Mesh
network (Section 3.2.2)
should be enabled for
WMM
, to allow prioritiza-
tion of FP Mesh control
packets
.
On ES210 Mesh Points in Station Mode (refer to Section
3.4.11), WMM is also enabled by default on new STA
Interfaces (as described in Section 3.4.11).
3.4.9.7 BSS Fragmentation and RTS Thresholds
The fragmentation threshold (
FragThreshold) allows you to
configure the maximum size of the frames the BSS sends
whole. Frame sizes larger than the specified threshold are
broken into smaller frames before they are transmitted. An
Table 3.8 Fixed Unicast Transmission Rate By MaxRate For 802.11
Max Rate
Setting
Actual Radio Setting
FORCE STBC = OFF
and MIMO = ON
(FORCE STBC = ON and MIMO = ON)
or SISO or
NOT MIMO CAPABLE
MCS 10MHz 20MHz 40MHz MCS 10MHz 20MHz 40MHz
6.5 8 6.5 13 27 0 3.25 6.5 13.5
13 9 13 26 54 1 6.5 13 27
19.5 10 19.5 39 81 2 9.75 19.5 40.5
26 11 26 52 108 3 13 26 54
39 12 39 78 162 4 19.5 59 81
52 13 52 104 216 5 26 52 108
58.5 14 58.5 117 243 6 29.25 58.5 121.5
65 15 65 130 270 7 32.5 65 135