1.2. Features
zUser Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Web redirection. When an unauthenticated wireless user is trying to access a Web page, he/she is redirected to a logon page for entering the user name and password. Then, the user credential information is sent to a
Local pages or external pages. The
Advertisement links. The
Unrestricted clients. Client computers with specific IP addresses or MAC ad- dresses can bypass the Web
Walled garden. Some specific URLs can be accessed without authentication. These URLs can be exploited by WISPs for advertisement purposes.
IEEE 802.1x. If a wireless client computer supports IEEE 802.1x
RADIUS client. The
Robustness. To enhance authentication integrity, the access Router can be config- ured to notify the RADIUS server after it reboots.
Showing authenticated users. Showing the status and statistics of every RA-
Authentication session control. Several mechanisms are provided for the network administrator to control user authentication session lifetimes.
zIEEE 802.11b/g Compliant
Wireless Operation
Access Point. The AP enables IEEE 802.11 Stations (STAs) to automatically asso- ciate with it via the standard IEEE 802.11 association process. In addition, the IEEE 802.11 WDS (Wireless Distribution System) technology can be used to manually es- tablish wireless links between two APs.
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