HOTSPOT GATEWAY
6 Introduction
Billing Enablement
The HSG supports billing plans using credit cards, scratch cards, or monthly
subscriptions, and can base the billable event on a number of different parameters
such as time, volume, IP address type, or bandwidth.
Access Control and Authentication
The HSG ensures that all traffic to the Internet is blocked until authentication has been
completed, creating an additional level of security in the network. Also, allows
HotSpot operators to create their own unique “walled garden,” enabling users to
access only certain predetermined Web sites before they have been authenticated.
Nomadix simultaneously supports the secure browser-based Universal Access
Method (UAM), IEEE 802.1x, and Smart Clients for companies such as Adjungo
Networks, Boingo Wireless, GRIC and iPass.