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22. Click the AAA Port tab and configure the AAA Passthrough Port settings, if applicable. For example, if you are
redirecting customers to a secure HTTPS page, you should set the AAA Passthrough Port for port 443. See
Passthrough AAA Port.
23. If you plan to limit subscriber bandwidth or offer multiple access plans based on bandwidth speeds, click the
Bandwidth Mgmt tab to notify the AP of its bandwidth settings.
• These parameters correspond to the AP’s connection to the Ethernet and the Internet. Based on these
settings, the AP determines the speed of its Internet connection. The AP uses this information when making
bandwidth allocations to subscribers.
• Do not set uplink or downlink speed to 0; this will disable access to the unit over the Ethernet.
• The upper limit for uplink or downlink speed is 100,000 Kbps (100 Mbps). This is the maximum speed at which
the AP can connect to the Ethernet network. In reality, the uplink and downlink speeds will depend upon the
speed of your hotspot’s Internet connection (for example, T1 or DSL) and the speed of the wireless cards
installed in the AP (up to 54 Mbps if using 802.11a).
• By default, Bandwidth Management is enabled and uplink and downlink speeds are set to 1500 Kbps.
24. If you want to redirect outgoing e-mail traffic to your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server, click the SMTP
tab and configure the SMTP Redirection settings. See SMTP Redirection.
• Most SMTP servers only transmit e-mail messages that originate from local traffic to prevent illegal use of a
mail server by spammers, hackers, and other unauthorized individuals. Therefore, most of your subscribers
will be unable to send email messages unless you enable SMTP Redirection.
• When SMTP Redirection is enabled, all outgoing mail traffic is redirected to the SMTP server you specify in
the SMTP Server IP field (this field is based on IP address and not DNS name). This will allow subscribers to
send emails without changing any of the server settings in their email program. Typically, this will be your local
mail server (if you have one) or your ISP’s mail server.
• If you want all outgoing mail traffic redirected to the specified server, enable both the Misconfigured and
Properly Configured options. Misconfigured refers to subscribers whose email settings are incompatible
with the AP-2500’s Internet settings (in other words, these email settings may work on the subscriber’s home
or office network but they won’t work in the hotspot); Properly Configured refers to subscribers whose e-mail
settings should work on the hotspot network so you do not necessarily need to redirect these messages to
your own server. If you want properly configured subscribers to send mail without being redirected, enable
only the Misconfigured option. In general, Proxim recommends that you enable both options. Also, you
should never enable Properly Configured and disable Misconfigured (this combination defeats the purpose
of SMTP Redirection).
25. If you want to redirect the user to a specified URL following successful authentication, click HPR and configure the
Home Page Redirection options. See Home Page Redirection (HPR) for details.
26. If you want a customized banner applet to appear on subscriber’s browser screens, click ICC and configure the
Information and Control Console options. See Information and Control Console (ICC) for details, caveats, and
customization instructions.
• The ICC is a Java applet that is pushed to your customer’s Web browsers. You can customize the ICC’s
banners and buttons to promote partner Web sites.
27. If you want to block subscribers from accessing certain Web sites, click URLFilter and configure the URL Filtering
options. See URL Filtering for details.
28. Reboot the AP.