Proxim Orinoco AP-2500 User Manual page 48

AP-2500 Authentication Methods
• The table below describes the system response to the available User Name and New Subscribers
combinations:
User Name New Subscribers
Disabled (default) Enabled (default) Allows new and existing subscribers access to the network without supplying a User name
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Table 3-1 User Name and New Subscriber
• If you are renting cards to customers, disable User Name and New Subscribers. Only cards whose MAC
addresses are entered in the Authorized Subscribers Table will have access to the Internet.
• If you are using credit card services, enable User Name and New Subscribers (if you want subscribers to
create a username and password) or only enable New Subscribers (if you want subscribers to access the
network based on their Wi-Fi card's MAC address).
— The only difference between these two scenarios is that with username/password, subscribers can
access the Internet from a different Wi-Fi device at a later date. For example: a subscriber purchases two
days of Internet access. On the second day, the subscriber returns to the hotspot with a different Wi-Fi
card. If using username/password authentication, the subscriber will be able to access the Internet using
the different card with no intervention from the hotspot operator. Note that the subscriber will only be able
to log in using a different Wi-Fi card if the account is not already in use (as displayed in the
Subscribers Table). Note that a subscriber that has turned off his computer or has left the hotspot is
removed from the Current Subscriber Table after 10 minutes.
• If you are manually entering user names and passwords into the Authorized Subscribers Table, enable User
Name but disable New Subscribers.
20. If you want to charge customers for access time via credit card, configure the
• You need an account with a credit card service provider to use this feature.
• The AP-2500 works with the following credit card providers by default:
— Datacenter Luxembourg (in Europe) --
— ChainFusion (in Asia) --
— Authorize.net's WebLink solution (U.S.) --
— As of the release of this documentation, Authorize.net is discontinuing support for WebLink. Proxim is
working to provide support for Authorize.net's Simple Integration Solution (SIM) method in the next
AP-2500 firmware release.
NOTE: If your credit card service provider is not on the above list, you will need to provide your service
provider with the
develop an interface that communicates with the AP-2500 using this specification.
• Enter the URL supplied by your credit card service provider. By default, the Authorize.net address appears in
the Credit Card Server URL field.
• Enter the IP address for the credit card server. By default, the Authorize.net address appears in this field
(Credit Card Server IP). You will also need to enter this IP address in the
• Enter your Merchant ID (supplied by your credit card service provider) in the field provided.
21. Click OK.
22. Click the Passthrough tab.
23. Enter the IP Address of the external Web server that is hosting your Portal Page in the Passthrough IP Table (if
applicable).
24. Enter the Credit Card Server IP Address in the Passthrough IP Table (if applicable).
25. Enter the DNS Names for all of the Web sites that you want to include in your "walled garden" in the Passthrough
DNS Table (if applicable).
• A "walled garden" is a list of Web site that your customers can access for free without logging into the AP.
• If you want to provide free access to customers for a limited number of sites, you should use a portal page
which includes links to the walled garden sites. See
and password. Authentication is based on the MAC address of the subscriber's Wi-Fi card.
This setting works in conjunction with credit card services.
Enabled Allows new and existing subscribers access to the network after supplying a user name
and password. This setting works in conjunction with credit card services.
Disabled Only allows existing subscribers after supplying a user name and password.
Disabled Only allows existing subscribers based on a card's MAC address.
http://www.dclux.com/
http://www.chainfusion.com/
http://www.authorize.net/
Credit Card Interface
System Response
Credit Card Services
Specification. The credit card service provider will need to
Passthrough Addresses
Portal Page.
Current
options.
list.
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