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Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network User Manual

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5. Using BCAdmin™ ...............................................................................................................................20

Screen Layout ..................................................................................................................................20

Topology Area ........................................................................................................................21

Anatomy of the BreadCrumb Box ................................................................................22
Anatomy of the Client Box ...........................................................................................23
Anatomy of a Connection Line.....................................................................................24

Asymmetric Connections ....................................................................................25
Redundant Connections
.......................................................................................25

Info Area.................................................................................................................................26

Configuring Individual BreadCrumbs..............................................................................................27

General Settings......................................................................................................................28
Radio Settings.........................................................................................................................29
Reachback Settings.................................................................................................................31
Forwarding Settings................................................................................................................34

Example: Port Forwarding Configuration for a Web Server.........................................35

Security ............................................................................................................................................35

WEP........................................................................................................................................35
Access Control Lists (ACLs)..................................................................................................36
AES-256 Encryption with AirFortress ...................................................................................38

Registering AirFortress .................................................................................................38
Setting the Access ID
....................................................................................................38
Enabling/Disabling AirFortress Encryption .................................................................39
Encrypting Wired Traffic ..............................................................................................40
Zeroizing the Access ID
................................................................................................40

Harris SecNET11....................................................................................................................40

SecNet11 Key Filling....................................................................................................41

BCAdmin Preferences......................................................................................................................41

Mapping with Fugawi Tracker ...............................................................................................42

6. Configuration Examples......................................................................................................................43

Connecting Remote Wired LANs ....................................................................................................43

Unencrypted Point-to-Multipoint ...........................................................................................43
Encrypted Point-to-Point
........................................................................................................43

Convoy with UAV-Based Camera for Forward Observation............................................................44
Encrypting a Video Feed..................................................................................................................45

7. Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................47

Individual BreadCrumbs ..................................................................................................................47
The BreadCrumb Wireless Network
................................................................................................47

Sporadic Network Connectivity .............................................................................................47
BreadCrumb Device Cannot Connect to BCWN ...................................................................48

BCAdmin .........................................................................................................................................49
Restoring Default Settings (Factory Reset)
......................................................................................49

8. Case Study: Military Exercise in Thailand .......................................................................................51

Glossary ....................................................................................................................................................54

A. Status Indicator LED..........................................................................................................................57

B. Radio Frequencies...............................................................................................................................58

C. Customer Service ................................................................................................................................59

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