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The Subscriber Interface 249
The Authentication module is responsible for ensuring that when subscribers log in to
the system they are correctly identified. It can identify subscribers in many different
ways. For example:
z Based on their hardware (MAC) address.
z By validating their user name and password.
z By looking up subscribers on a local (flash) database.
z By looking up subscribers on a remote database.
The initial login page can be presented in various ways, depending on the system’s
configuration. The HSG supports any of the following methods and tools:
z Internal and external Web pages.
z External “portal” page for redirection.
z User name and MAC-based logins (simultaneous or stand-alone).
z User-selectable options and parameters (for example, defining the time
purchased).
z Interaction with a Property Management System (PMS) and Web interfaces
enabling administrators to edit the subscriber’s input. (PMS is not available
with the AG 2100.)
Only subscribers that are correctly identified and authenticated are authorized to
access the system. Once authorized, the subscriber’s activity is logged and billed
through the HSG’s Accounting module.
The Accounting module fully supports the following functions:
z Credit card billing (for example, interaction with AuthorizeNet).
z User name and password verification.
z Billing verification.
z Per port-location (for example, room or unit) billing.
The Authentication module can support user name and MAC address
authentication simultaneously.
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