ACCESS GATEWAY
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Table of Contents
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 .................................................................................................................................... 4
Billing Enablement ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Access Control and Authentication ..................................................................................................................... 5
Security .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
5-Step Service Branding ....................................................................................................................................... 5
NSE Core Functionality .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Access Control ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
Bandwidth Management ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Billing Records Mirroring ................................................................................................................................... 9
Bridge Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Class-Based Queueing .......................................................................................................................................... 9
Command Line Interface ................................................................................................................................... 12
Daylight Savings Time and IANA Time Zone Support ................................................................................... 12
Dynamic Address Translation™ ....................................................................................................................... 13
Dynamic Transparent Proxy ............................................................................................................................. 13
End User Licensee Count ................................................................................................................................... 13
External Web Server Mode ............................................................................................................................... 13
Facebook Authentication ................................................................................................................................... 13
Home Page Redirect ........................................................................................................................................... 14
iNAT™ ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Information and Control Console ..................................................................................................................... 15
Initial NSE Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 16
Internal Web Server ........................................................................................................................................... 16
International Language Support ....................................................................................................................... 16
IP Upsell .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
IPv6 Device Management .................................................................................................................................. 17