Welcome To The Access Gateway; Product Configuration And Licensing; Key Features And Benefits - Nomadix Access Gateways User Manual

Welcome to the Access Gateway

The Access Gateway is a freestanding, fully featured network appliance that enables public
access service providers to offer broadband Internet connectivity to their customers.
The Access Gateway handles transparent connectivity, advanced security, policy-based traffic
shaping, and service placement supporting thousands of users simultaneously in a broadband
environment. The Access Gateway also offers a unique set of security and connectivity features
for deploying metro wireless 802.11 networks, including Mesh and WiMAX technologies.
The Access Gateway yields a complete solution to a set of complex issues in the Enterprise,
Public-LAN, and Residential segments.

Product Configuration and Licensing

All Nomadix Access Gateway products are powered by our patented and patent-pending suite
of embedded software, called the Nomadix Service Engine™ (NSE). The Access Gateway
employs our NSE core software package and comes pre-packaged with the option to purchase
additional modules to expand the product's functionality.
This User Guide covers all features and functionality provided with the NSE core package, as
well as additional optional modules. Your product license must support the optional NSE
modules if you want to take advantage of the expanded functionality. The following note will
preface procedures that directly relate to optional modules.
See also:
"NSE Core Functionality" on page 6
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"Optional NSE Modules" on page 20
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Key Features and Benefits

The Access Gateway is a 1U high, free-standing or rack-mountable Access Gateway that
employs three fast Ethernet ports to interface with the router (one for network side) and the
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