VSG-1200 User’s Guide

CHAPTER 6

Authentication

This chapter shows you how to set up subscriber authentication on the VSG.

6.1 Authentication Overview

You can set the VSG to authenticate subscribers in a number of ways:

•User agreement

•CAS (Central Authentication Service)

•Built-in authentication

•Remote RADIUS server

By default, subscriber authentication is disabled. This allows all subscribers to access the Internet without entering account username and password.

6.1.1 User Agreement

In cases where authentication is not required and anyone can access the Internet through the VSG, you can set the VSG to require users to accept a service usage agreement before they can access the Internet.

6.1.2 CAS (Central Authentication Service)

The Hilton Group Corporation developed the High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) service to provide Internet access service across its entire Hilton Group hotels.

In order to use the HSIA, hotel guest(s) must be authenticated through the proprietary CAS. The CAS performs both user authentication and accounting.

Figure 28 CAS Example

The following summarizes the communication steps before Internet access is allowed.

1A hotel guest launches a web browser.

2The VSG redirects the guest’s web browser to a login screen at CAS.

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