Nomadix AG 5000 User Manual page 210

The Authentication module is responsible for ensuring that when subscribers log in to
the system they are correctly identified. It can identify subscribers in many different
ways. For example:
Based on their hardware (MAC) address.
By validating their user name and password.
By looking up subscribers on a local (flash) database.
By looking up subscribers on a remote database.
The Authentication module can support user name and MAC address
authentication simultaneously.
The initial login page can be presented in various ways, depending on the system's
configuration. The AG 5000 supports any of the following methods and tools:
Internal and external Web pages.
External "portal" page for redirection.
User name and MAC-based logins (simultaneous or stand-alone).
User-selectable options and parameters (for example, defining the time
purchased).
Interaction with a Property Management System (PMS) and Web interfaces
enabling administrators to edit the subscriber's input.
Only subscribers that are correctly identified and authenticated are authorized to
access the system. Once authorized, the subscriber's activity is logged and billed
through the AG 5000's Accounting module.
The Accounting module fully supports the following functions:
Credit card billing (for example, interaction with AuthorizeNet).
User name and password verification.
Billing verification.
Per port-location (for example, room or unit) billing.
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