Introduction; Overview - Ovislink IWE3200-H User Manual

1. Introduction

1.1. Overview

The Wireless HotSpot Gateway enables Telco operators, wireless ISPs, enterprises,
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government institutes, or school campuses to deploy WLANs with secured user authentication support.
It generates the user log on/off information for back-end billing systems, and user access log status for
tracking purpose, which is very useful and demanded function for the environment requires highly
security deployment, such as government institute, bank, or military campus.
The supports multiple xDSL/Cable connections, which balances the in-bond/out-bond
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load (Multi-homing) and the bandwidth aggregation. The multiple WAN connections provide the
failed-over and connection back-up capability to guarantee the 'always-on-line' connections. More-
over, with 802.11b/g wireless access point function, it provides wireless bridge mode – WDS. WDS
(Wireless Distribution System) provides standard 'static' bridges function to joint the LAN segments
that may be far separated (e.g., in two buildings, or in campus) to a complete network. Up to 6 WDS
bridge links are supported to work with AP function simultaneously.
For hotspot service, provides 2 kinds of user authentication method: 802.1x/RADIUS
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and Access Log-on Control. 802.1x/RADIUS is the standard authentication procedure where the
standard 802.1x/RADIUS client and server devices are both required, while Access Log-on Control
provides more flexible authentication procedure that allows the non-802.1x wireless users can still be
authenticated and managed by the remote RADIUS server. also provides the capability
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to allow the operators or the venues owner display their web or advertisement contents during the user
login period. With Walled-Garden function, some of the unauthorized wireless users who want to ac-
cess the internet, the venue owners can limit such users to access certain level of internet resources.
Furthermore, considering the wireless users who may not configure their own network settings on
their own Notebook or Handheld device for any reasons, provides the 'Zero IP Con-
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figuration' features, so that the wireless users can associate to the hotspot environment without any
network configuration on their own Notebook or Handheld device.
also supports the external ticket printer. With optional IWE810-POS HotSpot mini-POS
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for ticket printing and device control, enables the HotSpot venues to print a ticket for
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temporary user who will only need the fractal time for internet access in HotSpot Venues.
For the environment or location where the power is difficult to get, Wireless HotSpot
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Gateway series provides the optional POE function that compliant with the IEEE802.3af standard
with flexible power input via Ethernet cable in some particular environment. It is associated with the
IWE500-INJ POE Injector for POE application.
The flexible R-SMA detachable antennas can be replaced with high-gain directional/omni-directional
antennas for different purposes. All in all, the Wireless HotSpot Gateway series is the
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best solution for flexible and security wireless application of SOHO, SME, Enterprise, HotSpots, ISP,
Telco operators.
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