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ultrabooks / laptops to check their emails, access to intranet portals like sharepoint and to
have access to a limited number of web applications servers, while 95% use of these personal
devices is for Internet access. It is an IT nightmare and most of the time, under pressure from
supervisors and higher levels, IT departments are simply allowing these users / personal de-
vices to access the Internet thru company network by having them use the company private
wireless networks, though most of these users are not at all malicious, nonetheless, the se-
curity posture of the devices and the websites / content some of them accessing thru the
company network, has potential for security breaches / work / virus infection to company
business servers and other business computers. Unibox allows self-registration of such de-
vices wherein the user of such personal device will request for access from IT department by
filling up a short browser based form splashed thru the Unibox, as user tries to go to Internet,
and then submits the same over to the IT department, which then approves or otherwise
the access and then notify the user via their company email to be of granted access to the
limited BYOD network. This process not only allows approved devices on the network, it also
allows to take away the access if a device is lost / stolen or if an employee leaves the com-
pany and at the same time allows companies to enforce policies, bandwidth caps, content
filtering etc.
4. User Authentication and Tracking
Once the user, say an education/residence environment, is provisioned in UniBox, s/he can
use the captive portal to gain access to the network. This involves AAA (Authentication, Au-
thorization and Accounting) services from the RADIUS server. This service is responsible for
validating user’s credentials and providing access to the Internet and any limited internal
web / application servers if so allowed. It also performs accounting function by collecting the
CDR/session records for each user. UniBox running in local authentication mode run an in-
ternal AAA server that is responsible for all the AAA services on the network.
5. Billing
UniBox comes with a comprehensive billing module that allows administrators to configure
different billing plans, create access codes, perform credit card clearing, interface with Pay-
Pal and generate revenue reports. Most US credit card payment gateways are supported,
and other country payment gateways can be helped with, if there is sufficient demand.
6. Bandwidth control
UniBox comes with many bandwidth control tools that allow administrators to effectively
manage bandwidth among the users. It provides options to enforce group-level or per-user
level bandwidth control rules to ensure optimal use of the network bandwidth.
7. Policy Management
UniBox provides wide range of policies to restrict usage, enforce fair usage and identify mis-
use of the network. These policies can be applied to group of users and tracked by the ad-
ministrator on a regular basis.