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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3.4.10 Antenna Tracking / Rate Monitoring
NOTE: A Mainte-
nance user can run
the show tracking com-
mand in continuous
mode (-samples 0) while
an Administrative user
adjusts the radio and
bss configuration for
best link quality.
Administrative and Maintenance users have the ability to
monitor the data rate and RSSI of a specific WDS link between
two Fortress Mesh Points using the
show command:
# show tracking -mac <macAddr> -radio <RadioName> -interval <Interval>
-samples <Samples> -format <Format>
macAddr is the MAC address of the specific radio of the
Fortress Mesh Point to which this FMP is connected. An FMP
has a base MAC address, but it also has individual MAC
addresses for each radio. To figure out which address to use,
run the
show bss command on the remote FMP. Use the
BssId MAC address of the appropriate BSS on the remote
FMP as the macAddr in the command on this FMP.
CAUTION: The
show tracking
command may have an
impact on the perfor-
mance of the FMP and
the throughput of data
on the channel.
RadioName
is the name of the radio on this FMP that connects
to the remote FMP. The default radio name is radio2.
Interval is the time in milliseconds between lines of
monitoring output. The default interval is 100 milliseconds, or
10 output lines per second.
Samples is the number of output lines to emit. The default
number of samples is 50 lines. If you enter 0, the output lines
will continue to show until you hit Ctrl-C to stop the output.
CAUTION: The
show tracking
command should never
be run by more than one
user simultaneously.
Format
is the format of the output. The default (and only
current capability) is format 1, which is:
$BATSR,RADIO_NAME,VERSION,MODE,LINK_STATUS,RSSI,LINK_SPEED,LINK_DISTA
NCE,REMOTE_IP,REMOTE_MAC,*CHECKSUM
# show tracking -mac 00:14:8c:00:0a:b4
$BATSR,ES-00148cf80780radio2,5.4.5.2041-CS,WDS,Connected,-41,54,N/
A,N/A,00:14:8c:00:0a:b4,*7e
In this example, BATSR is a hardcoded string that refers to this
format. WDS is the mode. LINK_DISTANCE and REMOTE_IP
are unavailable, so they are shown as N/A. 00:14:8c:00:0a:b4
is the MAC address of the remote FMP. It will always be the
same MAC that was requested in the show command. Finally
the *7e is the NMEA-0183-compliant XOR data sum prefixed
by '*'.
This command is useful when trying to aim the FMP's antenna
in a new installation, and also when trying to debug link quality
issues. For best results, the LINK_SPEED value should be as
high as possible. The RSSI should be the smallest absolute
number (e.g. -47 is much better than -85), but not past -35 for
ES820s and ES2440s, and not past -25 for ES520s.