ACCESS GATEWAY
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................................................................. 1
About this Guide....................................................................................................................... 1
Organization.............................................................................................................................. 2
Welcome to the Access Gateway.............................................................................................. 3
Product Configuration and Licensing ............................................................................... 3
Key Features and Benefits ........................................................................................................ 4
Platform Reliability............................................................................................................ 4
Local Content and Services ............................................................................................... 4
Transparent Connectivity .................................................................................................. 5
Billing Enablement ............................................................................................................ 6
Access Control and Authentication.................................................................................... 6
Security .............................................................................................................................. 6
5-Step Service Branding .................................................................................................... 6
NSE Core Functionality............................................................................................................ 8
Access Control................................................................................................................... 9
Bandwidth Management .................................................................................................. 10
Billing Records Mirroring ............................................................................................... 10
Bridge Mode .................................................................................................................... 10
Class-Based Queueing..................................................................................................... 11
Command Line Interface ................................................................................................. 13
Credit Card...................................................................................................................... 14
Dynamic Address Translation™...................................................................................... 14
Dynamic Transparent Proxy............................................................................................ 14
End User Licensee Count ................................................................................................ 14
External Web Server Mode.............................................................................................. 15
Home Page Redirect........................................................................................................ 15
iNAT™............................................................................................................................. 15
Information and Control Console.................................................................................... 16
Initial NSE Configuration................................................................................................ 17
Internal Web Server......................................................................................................... 17
International Language Support...................................................................................... 17
IP Upsell .......................................................................................................................... 18
Load Balancing................................................................................................................ 18
Logout Pop-Up Window .................................................................................................. 18
MAC Filtering.................................................................................................................. 18
Multi-Level Administration Support ................................................................................ 19
Multi-WAN Interface Management.................................................................................. 19
NTP Support .................................................................................................................... 19
Portal Page Redirect ....................................................................................................... 19