ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway

With Secure Socket Layer (SSL) activated upon login, data exchanged between the ZyAIR and client computers are encrypted and protected.

PPTP Support

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables secure transfer of data from a remote client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using a TCP/IP-based network. PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol and virtual private networking over public networks, such as the Internet. Use PPTP to connect to a broadband modem to achieve access to high-speed data networks via a familiar "dial-up networking" user interface.

PPPoE Support (RFC2516)

PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) emulates a dial-up connection. It allows your ISP to use their existing network configuration with newer broadband technologies such as ADSL. The PPPoE driver on the ZyAIR is transparent to the computers on the LAN, which see only Ethernet and are not aware of PPPoE thus saving you from having to manage PPPoE clients on individual computers.

Network Address Translation (NAT)

NAT (Network Address Translation - NAT, RFC 1631) allows the translations of multiple IP addresses used within one network to different IP addresses known within another network.

DHCP Support

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows the individual computers (DHCP clients) to obtain TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a centralized DHCP server. The ZyAIR has built-in DHCP server capability. It can assign IP addresses, an IP default gateway and DNS servers to DHCP clients. The ZyAIR can also act as a surrogate DHCP server (DHCP Relay) where it relays IP address assignment from the actual real DHCP server to the DHCP clients.

E-mail Forwarding

The ZyAIR is able to forward and retrieve e-mail messages when the subscriber’s default email server is down or behind a firewall.

DNS Proxy

With DNS proxy, the ZyAIR provides DNS redirection when a subscriber’s configured DNS server is behind a firewall or located in a private Intranet.

Local Subscriber Database

The ZyAIR allows you to maintain a subscriber database on the ZyAIR without setting up an external RADIUS server. Subscriber accounting and authentication are done using the local subscriber database.

Accounting

Accounting can be done using the built-in accounting feature.

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Getting to Know Your ZyAIR