User's Manual

XL, XLE, XLV 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 .......................................................................................................8
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 XL, XLE & XLV BREADCRUMBS ........................................................................... 10
2.3.1 FEATURES ..........................................................................................................................................10
2.3.2 FRONT PANEL FEATURES...............................................................................................................11
2.3.3 REAR PANEL FEATURES.................................................................................................................11
2.4 NETWORK FEATURES............................................................................................................................. 12
2.5 POWER FEATURES................................................................................................................................... 12
2.6 CABLE CONNECTOR PIN INFORMATION............................................................................................ 12
2.6.1 2-PIN POWER CONNECTOR............................................................................................................12
32-PIN CONNECTOR ..................................................................................................................................13
3.0 USING BCADMIN
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...................................................................................................................................... 15
3.1 SCREEN LAYOUT...................................................................................................................................... 16
3.1.1 TOPOLOGY AREA.............................................................................................................................17
3.1.2 ANATOMY OF THE BREADCRUMB BOX.....................................................................................18
3.2 ANATOMY OF A CONNECTION LINE.................................................................................................... 19
3.2.1 ASYMMETRIC CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................................20
3.2.2 INFO AREA .........................................................................................................................................21
3.3 CONFIGURING INDIVIDUAL BREADCRUMBS.................................................................................... 22
3.3.1 GENERAL SETTINGS........................................................................................................................22
3.4 RADIO SETTINGS...................................................................................................................................... 24
3.5 REACHBACK SETTINGS.......................................................................................................................... 25
3.6 FORWARDING SETTINGS........................................................................................................................ 27
3.6.1 EXT. PORTS ........................................................................................................................................28
3.6.2 PROTOCOL .........................................................................................................................................28
3.6.3 IP ADDRESS........................................................................................................................................28
3.6.4 TO PORTS............................................................................................................................................28
3.7 SECURITY................................................................................................................................................... 28
3.7.1 WEP......................................................................................................................................................29
3.7.2 ACCESS CONTROL LISTS (ACLs)...................................................................................................29
3.7.4 ENCRYPTING WIRED TRAFFIC......................................................................................................31
3.7.5 ZEROIZING THE ACCESS ID/FACTORY RESET...........................................................................32
3.7.6 AES-256 ENCRYPTION WITH OPENSSL........................................................................................32
3.7.7 ENABLING/DISABLING OpenSSL AES-256 ENCRYPTION .........................................................33
3.7.8 ENCRYPTING WIRED TRAFFIC......................................................................................................33
3.7.9 ZEROIZING THE KEY .......................................................................................................................33
3.7.10 HARRIS SecNET11 ...........................................................................................................................34
3.8 BCADMIN PREFERENCES........................................................................................................................ 34
3.8.1 BREADCRUMB INACTIVITY THRESHOLD (SECONDS) ............................................................34
3.8.2 GPS STALENESS WARNING THRESHOLD (MINUTES)..............................................................35
3.8.3 DEFAULT BATTERY WARNING THRESHOLD (MINUTES).......................................................35