1. Introduction
1.1. Overview
The IWE3200-HWireless HotSpot Gateway enables Telco operators, wireless ISPs, enterprises, government institutes, or school campuses to deploy WLANs with secured user authentication support. It generates the user log on/off information for back-end billing systems, and user access log status for tracking purpose, which is very useful and demanded function for the environment requires highly security deployment, such as government institute, bank, or military campus.
The IWE3200-Hsupports multiple xDSL/Cable connections, which balances the in-bond/out-bond load (Multi-homing) and the bandwidth aggregation. The multiple WAN connections provide the failed-over and connection back-up capability to guarantee the ‘always-on-line’ connections. More- over, with 802.11b/g wireless access point function, it provides wireless bridge mode – WDS. WDS (Wireless Distribution System) provides standard ‘static’ bridges function to joint the LAN segments that may be far separated (e.g., in two buildings, or in campus) to a complete network. Up to 6 WDS bridge links are supported to work with AP function simultaneously.
For hotspot service, IWE3200-Hprovides 2 kinds of user authentication method: 802.1x/RADIUS and Access Log-on Control. 802.1x/RADIUS is the standard authentication procedure where the standard 802.1x/RADIUS client and server devices are both required, while Access Log-on Control provides more flexible authentication procedure that allows the non-802.1xwireless users can still be authenticated and managed by the remote RADIUS server. IWE3200-Halso provides the capability to allow the operators or the venues owner display their web or advertisement contents during the user login period. With Walled-Garden function, some of the unauthorized wireless users who want to ac- cess the internet, the venue owners can limit such users to access certain level of internet resources.
Furthermore, considering the wireless users who may not configure their own network settings on their own Notebook or Handheld device for any reasons, IWE3200-Hprovides the ‘Zero IP Con- figuration’ features, so that the wireless users can associate to the hotspot environment without any network configuration on their own Notebook or Handheld device.
IWE3200-Halso supports the external ticket printer. With optional IWE810-POS HotSpot mini-POSfor ticket printing and device control, IWE3200-Henables the HotSpot venues to print a ticket for temporary user who will only need the fractal time for internet access in HotSpot Venues.
For the environment or location where the power is difficult to get, IWE3200-HWireless HotSpot Gateway series provides the optional POE function that compliant with the IEEE802.3af standard with flexible power input via Ethernet cable in some particular environment. It is associated with the IWE500-INJ POE Injector for POE application.
The flexible R-SMA detachable antennas can be replaced with high-gain directional/omni-directional antennas for different purposes. All in all, the IWE3200-HWireless HotSpot Gateway series is the best solution for flexible and security wireless application of SOHO, SME, Enterprise, HotSpots, ISP, Telco operators.
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