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AP-2500 Authentication Methods
• A default logo appears on the subscriber login page for new units. You will want to replace this logo with your
own. See Changing the Login Screen Logos
36. If you want to manually add customers to the
• If you use Credit Card Services, subscribers are automatically added to the Authorized Subscribers Table
after they have signed up and paid for an access plan.
• If you do not use Credit Card Services or if you want to manually add a subscriber, click the Add button and
follow these steps:
1. Select the DHCP Address Type for the subscriber (public or private). This setting depends upon the
DHCP Server
2. If authorizing a user based on MAC address (in other words, the PublicSpace > AAA > Internal >
Enable User Name option is disabled), enter the MAC address of the subscriber's wireless card in the
field provided.
3. You can leave the IP Address field blank. The AP fills in this field automatically after a subscriber logs in.
4. If authorizing a subscriber based on user name and password (in other words, the PublicSpace > AAA >
Internal > Enable User Name option is enabled), enter a user name and password for the subscriber.
NOTE: User Name and Passwords are case-sensitive.
5. Enter the subscriber's allowed access time in the Expiration Time fields (in hours and/or minutes). If you
leave these fields blank or set them to 0, the subscriber will never time out. If you enter hours and/or
minutes, the time-out counter will begin as soon as you click OK. After the subscriber has timed out,
he/she must re-subscribe to the service.
6. Configure the Amount Paid field, if desired. The AP automatically fills in this field after a successful credit
card purchase.
7. Configure the optional User Alias fields, if desired. These are for notes only and do not have an impact
on the authentication process.
8. Configure the Upstream and Downstream Bandwidth limits for the user. The user's bandwidth is not
limited if you leave this blank or set it to 0.
9. Click OK to add the subscriber.
10. Click the back arrow button to return to the Authorized Subscriber List screen.
• To edit a subscriber entry, click Edit, make the necessary changes to the Subscriber's profile and click OK.
Click the back arrow button to return to the Authorized Subscriber List screen.
• To delete a subscriber, click Edit and set Status to Destroy. Click OK to remove the entry and click the back
button to return to the previous screen.
NOTE: An active subscriber will immediately lose his/her access to the Internet if the subscriber's entry is deleted
from the Authorized Subscribers Table. You can also delete subscribers from Monitor > Subscribers. See
Current Subscribers
37. Reboot the AP so all of your changes take effect. The easiest way to reboot is to click Commands > Reboot > OK.
38. Launch a computer that has a wireless card installed. Note that the card's wireless settings must match the AP's
Wireless Interface settings to communicate (see
card can successfully communicate with the AP, the subscriber should now be able to create an account or logon
to the Internet.
for detailed instructions.
Authorized Subscribers
settings you configured for the AP.
Table.
Interfaces
Table, click the Authorized tab.
for more information on the wireless settings). If the
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