2.1.3. WGPublic
WGPublic [5.2] is the solution adapted to the profile of airport users, commercial buildings,
exhibition and congress centres, allowing the sharing of Internet access, and the provisioning of
infrastructure to support information services and publicity. Typically, unlike hotels where one can
find a reception desk, in these public places there is no central desk where to register for Internet
access. Therefore, the WGPublic solution allows the users to register via the login page. This is
ideal for free provisioning of Internet, but may be expanded for credit card billing, if required.
The WGPublic solution also allows that remote DHCP-enabled Access Points, directly connected to
Routers, route the users‟ packets to a remote IP, where the WGS5000 is connected and where the
captive portal and AAA server are running. This is the so-called “Layer 3” redirection mechanism
[5.2], and is ideal when the remote routers are connected via a VPN to the router connected to the
hotspot interface of the WGS5000.
2.1.4. WGHotspotClusterManager
The WGHotspotClusterManager [5.4] is used when the client intends to connect several remote
hotspots to a single authentication, authorization and accounting server, allowing the user to
register in one of these hotspots and have Internet access in any of the other hotspots with the
same username and password (this is an optional feature, if required the remote hotspots may be
connected to the central AAA server, but the login data only works in a given hotspot).
This solution requires one WGS5000 to be installed in a central office and one Nonius‟ mini-gateway
in each of the remote hotspots. The connection of the mini-gateways to the WGS5000 is done via
the Internet using an ADSL or CATV line (there must exist one line
per
hotspot). In each hotspot
there will be a login page that may be specific to that hotspot.
2.2. License Modules
The following list is the set of License Modules available with the several WirelessGEST solutions.
Redundancy Module: this module enables the WGS5000‟s redundancy. A master/slave working
mode is then enabled. If the master fails, the slave guarantees the continuation of the service until
the master takes over again.
PayPal Module: the PayPal module allows the purchase of a login account via the Hotspot login
page. Several pre-configured accounts will have an associated PayPal button that, when clicking on
it, displays the PayPal web page allowing the user to buy the desired account using several
payment methods (a PayPal account or Credit Card debit or Bank Transfer, etc.).
High Avalability (Link Resiliency / Load Balancing / QoS) Module: this module enables a
high-availability mode for the Internet service provisioning, between two ADSL lines. Link Resiliency
includes a failover mechanism between the two ADSL routers; Load Balancing distributes internet
sessions among the two routers and QoS enables packet classification and prioritization of
management and real time traffic over background traffic.
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