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User's Manual
AMG-2100
Gigabit Access and AP Management Gateway/
AMG-2101
Gigabit Access and AP Management Gateway Plus
2.2 System Concept
If you have experienced other AMG Series products before and are familiar with its system concept, you
may skip the concept description below. Please proceed to the next section on (Hardware
Description).
AMG-2100/AMG-2101 is capable of managing user authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA).
The user account information is stored in the local database or a specified external database server.
Featured
with
user
authentication
and
integrated
with
external
payment
gateway,
AMG-2100/AMG-2101 allows users to easily pay the fee and enjoy the Internet service using credit
cards through Authorize.net, PayPal, SecurePay, PayPal or WorldPay.
With centralized AP management feature, the administrator does not need to worry about how to
manage multiple wireless access point devices.
Furthermore, AMG-2100/AMG-2101 introduces the concept of Service Zones - multiple virtual
networks, each with its own definable access control profiles. This is very useful for hotspot owners
seeking to provide different customers or staff with different levels of network services.
The following portion of this section explains the basic concepts of AMG-2100/AMG-2101; the same
concepts also apply to the other AMG Series products. With the understanding of these concepts, the
administrator will be able to do more advanced network planning and to manipulate the configurations
of AMG-2100/AMG-2101 to suit his own specific application. It is sufficient for most of administrators to
use the default configuration with minor WAN/DNS address changes for simple deployments.
Gateway
is
a
network
node
where
a
small
network
attaches
to
a
bigger
network.
AMG-2100/AMG-2101 is a kind of gateway in a network environment; hence it has those features a
typical gateway has, such as NAT, DHCP, DMZ, Firewall and etc. Conventionally, the bigger network is
referred as the gateway's WAN side or upstream network, while the small network is referred as the
gateway's LAN side. The Ethernet ports leading to the WAN side network is called WAN ports. The
Ethernet ports leading to the LAN side network is called LAN ports.
Local User is a type of user with its account credential stored in a database named "Local" within
AMG-2100/AMG-2101. The "Local" database of AMG-2100/AMG-2101 allows local user accounts. A
local user account does not have an expiration date once they are created. If administrator wishes to
terminate the account, he must remove it. A local database can be used as an external RADIUS
database to another AMG Series product for account roaming.
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