ACCESS GATEWAY
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ...........................................................................................................vii
Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................................................................. 1
About this Guide....................................................................................................................... 1
Organization.............................................................................................................................. 1
Welcome to the Access Gateway.............................................................................................. 2
Product Configuration and Licensing ............................................................................... 2
Key Features and Benefits ........................................................................................................ 2
Platform Reliability............................................................................................................ 3
Local Content and Services ............................................................................................... 3
Transparent Connectivity .................................................................................................. 4
Billing Enablement ............................................................................................................ 4
Access Control and Authentication.................................................................................... 5
Security .............................................................................................................................. 5
5-Step Service Branding .................................................................................................... 5
NSE Core Functionality............................................................................................................ 6
Access Control................................................................................................................... 7
Bandwidth Management .................................................................................................... 8
Billing Records Mirroring ................................................................................................. 8
Bridge Mode ...................................................................................................................... 8
Command Line Interface ................................................................................................... 9
Credit Card........................................................................................................................ 9
Dynamic Address Translation™........................................................................................ 9
Dynamic Transparent Proxy.............................................................................................. 9
End User Licensee Count ................................................................................................ 10
External Web Server Mode.............................................................................................. 10
Home Page Redirect........................................................................................................ 10
iNAT™............................................................................................................................. 10
Information and Control Console.................................................................................... 11
Internal Web Server......................................................................................................... 12
International Language Support...................................................................................... 13
IP Upsell .......................................................................................................................... 13
Logout Pop-Up Window .................................................................................................. 13
MAC Filtering.................................................................................................................. 14
Multi-Level Administration Support ................................................................................ 14
NTP Support .................................................................................................................... 14
Portal Page Redirect ....................................................................................................... 14
RADIUS-driven Auto Configuration................................................................................ 15