Managing Lan Network Users - KVH Industries LTD9116MKIT User Manual

Chapter 4: Using the web interface
Network user groups
The network management system divides the users of the terminal into
network user groups. Each network user group has a profile which determines
how the users connect to the Inmarsat BGAN network. The network user
groups can allow or restrict certain services for different users.
For example, you may want to define:
• one network user group allowing both Standard and Streaming
connections,
• one network user group for Internet, e-mail and VPN, allowing Standard
connections,
• one network user group for Remote management of systems. This would
be a direct Standard connection (Bridge mode).
You can have up to 11 network user groups and global IP addresses.
Necessary steps when managing network users
The steps necessary for managing network users include:
1. Defining a network user group. See Setting up the network user groups on
page 143.
The network user groups determine settings such as:
• QoS (Standard/Streaming),
• IP addressing (Static/Dynamic)
• Internet access mode (Router Mode/Bridge Mode/No Internet Access)
2. Identifying a network device. See Managing network devices on page 149.
The network devices are identified by their IP address, MAC address and
(optionally) device name.
3. Associating the network user group and the network device. See Using the
network classification table on page 150.
The network classification table determines which devices should belong
to which network user group. When a network device is connected, the
terminal runs through the network classification table to check if the new
connection matches any of the entries in the table. When a match is found,
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