Lab 26. Access Control List

Owned by Mališa Vučinić
Mar 18, 2024
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We will now attempt a more advanced security configuration of your network called “Access Control List”. ACL means that the manager keeps a table with motes that are allowed to join the network and their corresponding Join Keys.

  • On your manager, type

show acl

What do you get as the response?

Answer 1:

  • By browsing the documentation, find the command needed to add one of your motes to the ACL on your manager. Which command did you use? Which key value have you used?

Answer 2:

  • Power cycle the mote that you just added to the ACL of your manager. Verify that it is able to join the network.

  • Power cycle the mote that you did not add to the ACL of your manager. What debug output do you get in the serial console of your mote when this mote attempts to join the network?

Answer 3:

What debug output do you get in the serial console of your manager?

Based on the output, can you explain what happens with the Join Request packet that is sent by the mote to the manager?

  • Now, add the second mote on your desk to the ACL of your manager. Verify that both motes have again joined the network advertised by your manager. Consider how much time it would take to configure like this 1000 motes on the deployment site. What is the solution we discussed in class that would speed up this process?