ZyXEL Communications N4100 manual

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    The introduction of the ZyXEL N4100 Wireless Hotspot Gatewa y enables hospitality businesses the opportunity to deploy the full range of Internet services needed to create new rev enue streams and retain and attract customers. As an addition to the ZyXEL range of Hotspot/Service Gateways , the ZyXEL N4100 W ireless Hotspot Gateway pro vides a fully[...]

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    Simple operation for deliv ering Internet access T o enable easy configuration and usage the ZyXEL Hotspot/Service Gateway Series can be used with the optional SP300E ticket pri nter . With this combination, business owners can easily enable their staff to operate the gateway solution to give end users the inf ormation th ey need to access the Inte[...]

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    Data M ust b e re l ate d to a rea l user D ate and time Sourc e o f communication Source port can b e use d to identify application s Dest in at i o n o f co mm u ni cat i o n A ccount name D ate S ource IP S ource Ma c Source p ort Dest in at i o n I P D estination port What can be track ed N4100 sends the following logs periodically to the syslo[...]

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    Hotspot/Service Gateway Series Model Name G-4100 v2 N4100 VSG-1200 V2 Product P i ctur e Main Design W i reless T echnology 8 02.11 b / g 802.11 b / g /n - Number of 10 / 100M LAN / Switch 4 4 1 WA N 1 1 1 Auto MDI-MDIX Y e s Ye s Y e s RS-232 Inter f ace - - 2 (Console/PMS/Manu f acture) A ccount Generator P rinter S P300E (Ethernet) SP300E (Ether[...]

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    F eatures Model Name G-4100 v2 N4100 VSG-1200 V2 Sof tware M ax. C oncurrent Users 1 00 1 00 (Up g ra d e to 200) 2 5 0 M ax. Session 8 1 92 1638 4 1 638 4 T hrou g hpu t Max. 78 Mb p s Max. 85 Mb p s M ax. 72 Mb p s M ax. VPN T unnel (NA T Pool ) - - 400 IP Plug & Pla y ( i PnP ) Y es (A ll ow d isa bl e) Y es (A ll ow d isa bl e) Y es (A ll o[...]

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    65-100-000074B 05/10 For mor e product information, visit us on the web at www .ZyXEL.com Copyright © 2010 ZyXEL Communications Corp . All rights reserved. ZyXEL, Z yXEL logo are registered trademarks of ZyXEL Communications Corp . All other br ands, pr oduct names, or trademarks mentioned ar e the proper ty of their respective owners. All specifi[...]