SMC Networks SMCWHSG44-G manual Local Authentication Sever, Authentication protocol

Authentication protocol:

RADIUS: Authentication by external RADIUS server.

Local Accounts: Authentication by local database, associated with ticket printing or manually configured users.

RADIUS authentication method:

EAP-MD5

PAP

CHAP

2.Enabled without Authentication - Enables only the Web-Redirection, but disables the user Authentication mechanism. Users will automatically redirect to the destination web page of the URL indicated.

Fig. 20. Web Redirection Settings - Enable without Authentication

3. Disable - Disable all Web-Redirection mechanisms.

1.8.6.2. Local Authentication Sever

The SMCWHSG44-G supports local Authentication Sever capabilities for Hotspot venues where standard RADIUS or a Billing server(s) are difficult to implement. The local Authentication Server contains a built-in database for 2,000 user entries.

To setup the Local Authentication method:

1.Go to the section AAA\Web-redirection, in 'Functionality' of 'Basic' column, select 'Enable with Authentication'.

2.In 'Authentication protocol', select 'Local Accounts'.

Fig. 21. Local Authentication Server Settings

3.Go to the AAA\Ticket Settings to setup the billing information. In the Ticket Setting page, the fields related to the billing information are the 'Monetary Unit' and the 'Amount of Money Per Unit'. The fields that relate to the user permitted access time (or session time) are 'Unit of Session Time (min)' and 'Valid period (hour)'. You can specify the appropriate content which reflects the information of Hotspot venues to be shown on the ticket content. More detail for the Ticket Setting configuration is described as below:

• Monetary Unit: to define the unit of currency, eg., input 'USD' for US Dollars or 'EURO' for Euro Dollars. The currency unit will show on the billing ticket.

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