System Overview And Getting Started; Introduction Of Whg-1000; System Concept - LevelOne WHG-1000 User Manual

User‟s Manual
WHG-1000 Wireless Hotspot Gateway ENGLISH
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System Overview and Getting Started

2.1 Introduction of WHG-1000

The WHG-1000 is the most economical and feature rich Wireless Hotspot Gateway, targeting
mini-size stores that want to provide small, single-point wireless Internet access service. WHG-1000
is a perfect choice for beginners to run hotspot businesses. It does not cost much compared to buying
a pile of equipments, nor does it take the skills of an expert to glue multiple applications out of
multiple freeware. Feature-packed for hotspot operation, WHG-1000 comes with built-in 802.11
n/b/g MIMO access point, web server and web pages for clients to login, easy logo-loading
for branding a hotspot store, simple user/visitor account management tool, payment plans,
multiple credit card gateways, traffic logs, IP sharing and etc. WHG-1000 also brings in an
extra advantage - the wall-mountable, dust-proof (IP50) metal housing.

2.2 System Concept

WHG-1000 is capable of managing user authentication, authorization and accounting. The user
account information is stored in the local database or a specified external RADIUS database server.
Featured with user authentication and integrated with external payment gateway, WHG-1000 allows
users to easily pay the fee and enjoy the Internet service using credit cards through a variety of
payment gateways including Authorize.Net, PayPal, SecurePay, and WorldPay. Furthermore,
WHG-1000 introduces the concept of Zones – Private Zone and Public Zone, each with its own
definable access control profiles. Private Zone means clients are not required to be authenticated
before using the network service. On the other hand, clients in Public Zone are required to get
authentication before using the network service. This is very useful for hotspot owners seeking to
deploy wireless network service for clients and manage the network as well. The following diagram is
an example of WHG-1000 set to manage the Internet and network access services at a hotspot venue.
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