LevelOne WHG-505, User Manual

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Administrator could use Port Location Mapping feature to map a location (such as a hotel room) to a VLAN port of
VLAN switch or a DSLAM device. Each Room is mapped to a VLAN Tag. And each Room can be assign to different
Service Zone to get different policy. Furthermore, according to your application, you can configure the different
rooms to different Port Type: Single User, Multiple User, Free or Block.
Free, this port type means the user can access internet in this room without any charge.
If you do not want to provide any internet access right in the rooms, you may change the Port type of the rooms
to Block. If the user opens a browser and tries to access internet, it will pop up a Blocking message to notify
the user.
Single User port type is used mainly for hospitality application to charge a single user. If the user opens a
browser and tries to access internet, a page with disclaimer and billing plan options will be displayed. User can
select the desired plan and click confirm button to purchase an account. The account cost will be sent to the
PMS and added to the hotel bill via the configured middleware. The room with this port type only allows one
user at most to access the network within the room.
Multiple User is the port type used for rooms with many users for example dormitory applications. If the user
opens a browser and tries to access internet, a user login page without billing plan options will be displayed.
The user needs to buy accounts from the front dorm office in order to login. The room with this port type allows
more than one user to access the network within the room.
Now, let us begin to configure the Port Mapping. There are three main groups of operations that can be performed in
this configuration page: Create Batch, Change All Port Type and Create One.
You can create the Room Mapping by batch processing if you wish to create a contiguous VLAN Tag and Room
number.
Port Location Mapping Setup – Create Batch
From: Set the Physical LAN port on the gateway to provide Port Location Mapping Service.
Port Type: The default state of the rooms, it may be: Free, Block, Single User, Multiple User.
Service Zone / Prefer DHCP Pool: The service zone profile used to provide internet service to the
corresponding room or location. Select the desired DHCP pool to assign IP address to clients in these
locations.
User Limitation: The maximum number of clients that can access the internet in the corresponding room or
location.