Chapter 1. Introduction; Whg Controller Series - 4IPNET WHG315 User Manual

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WHG Controller / HSG Gateway ENGLISH

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1. WHG Controller Series

4ipnet WHG Controllers are feature rich network edge devices designed for network
service provisioning, authentication, security, and management. Depending on the
scale of deployment, there are a selection 4ipnet WHG Controller models to meet
the network demands with various scale of capacities.
4ipnet WHG Controllers are designed to cater for the fundamental needs of any
network environment, namely triple A (AAA) which stands for Authentication,
Authorization, and Accounting. With 4ipnet WHG Controllers, various users are
authenticated based on user role, from there it will define the user's accessible
network segments, the user's network portfolio including accessible time, QoS,
routing rules, firewall rules, usage terms and privileges which are collectively
known as authorization. Finally accounting are performed by 4ipnet WHG
Controllers periodically while a client is using the network, updating the accounting
information for this client to either the internal user database or an external user
database depending on deployment.
Wireless network provisioning is no easy task when the scale reaches multiple AP
deployments. 4ipnet WHG Controllers are equipped with comprehensive AP
management feature to cover not only 4ipent AP devices deployed locally under the
Local Area Network (LAN) but also 4ipnet AP devices deployed remotely in the Wide
Area Network (WAN), relative to the location of your 4ipnet WHG Controller.
Furthermore, with a 3 rd party AP management interface, 4ipnet WHG Controllers
are capable of performing generic AP management features including associated
online user monitoring, shortcut to GUI interface, and location planning for non-
4ipnet APs.
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