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Appendix E.
This section introduces the Port Location Mapping feature. This feature is designed for creating multiple VLAN
divisions (as if they were separate LAN ports) under a Service Zone and mapping these VLANs to different locations
individually. This feature can be utilized to provide separate VLAN to separate clients in MTU/MDU deployments
where a VLAN switch is deployed under the gateway to provide VLAN connection to individual rooms.
The Port Location Mapping feature is also commonly used in hospitality venues to manage the internet service for
their guest rooms and public areas. In addition it can operate in conjunction with third party hospitality applications
and has been tested with the Net Retriever middleware which provides seamless integration between the gateway
and the popular High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) hardware and Front Office System (FOS) software.
Each Port Location Mapping entry can be configured to provide charged (single or multiple user), free or blocked
internet service at the location corresponding to the entry's VLAN Tag. Please note that for charged service to work,
it is required that least one or more On-demand Billing Plans are created, allowing the user to choose a desired plan
to pay for their internet access.
For more detail of On-demand Billing Plan configuration, please refer to the section of On-demand
Note:
Users.
1. Enabling Port Location Mapping
The Port Location Mapping feature allows each Service Zone to own multiple VLANs (as if each VLAN is a port) in
order to identify where the clients are coming from.
Before the configuration of the PMS Middleware or adding VLANs to a Service Zone, the Port Mapping feature must
be enabled first; go to: System >>Port Location Mapping.
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