User's Manual

Rajant Corporation XL, XLE, XLV BreadCrumb User Guide
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3.9 MAPPING WITH FUGAWI TRACKER ..................................................................................................... 35
4.0 DEPLOYING THE BREADCRUMB WIRELESS LAN ........................................................................... 36
4.1 OVERVIEW OF BCWL DEPLOYMENT ................................................................................................... 36
4.2 DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................................ 36
4.2.1 ADDRESSING.....................................................................................................................................36
4.2.1.1 BREADCRUMB DEVICE ADDRESSES ........................................................................................36
4.2.1.2 DHCP.................................................................................................................................................36
4.3 CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS....................................................................................................................... 37
4.4 PHYSICAL PLACEMENT AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS................................................................ 37
4.4.1 LINE OF SIGHT...................................................................................................................................37
4.4.2 DISTANCE...........................................................................................................................................37
4.4.3 WEATHER...........................................................................................................................................38
4.4.4 INTERFERENCE.................................................................................................................................38
4.4.5 PLACEMENT OF BCWL COMPONENTS........................................................................................38
4.5 DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATIONS........................................................................................................ 38
4.5.1 DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION – COVERAGE AREA ............................................................39
4.5.2 DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION – REACH AREA.....................................................................39
4.6 DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES AND METHODOLOGY.......................................................................... 40
4.6.1 DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES...........................................................................................................40
4.6.2 DEPLOYMENT METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................41
4.6.3 BITE LED.............................................................................................................................................44
5.0 BREADCRUMB SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE...................................................................................... 45
5.1 BREADCRUMB FIRMWARE .................................................................................................................... 45
5.1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................45
5.1.2 UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE........................................................................................................45
5.1.3 FLASH UPDATE PROCEDURE FOR VERSION 3 SYSTEMS........................................................45
5.1.4 UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE........................................................................................................46
5.2 BCADMIN MAINTENANCE...................................................................................................................... 46
5.2.1 UPGRADING OR INSTALLING THE BCADMIN SOFTWARE.....................................................46
5.3 PORT FORWARDING ................................................................................................................................51
5.3.1 SETTINGS............................................................................................................................................51
6.0 TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................................................................................. 52
6.1 BREADCRUMB WIRELESS NETWORK.................................................................................................. 52
6.1.1 SPORADIC NETWORK CONNECTIVITY .......................................................................................52
6.1.2 BREADCRUMB DEVICE CANNOT CONNECT TO BCWN...........................................................53