AirLive MW-2000S - Manual (Page 7)

Chapter 2. System Overview
AirLive MW-2000S User’s Manual 2
Chapter 2. System Overview
2.1 Introduction of MW-2000S
Thank you for purchasing AirLive Hotspot Management Gateway MW-2000S.
MW-2000S is a Hotspot Management Gateway, dedicatedly designed for small to medium-sized wireless network
deployment and management, making it an ideal solution for easily managing the Hotspot service. With its user
management features, administrators will be able to manage the whole process of wireless network access. In
addition, Access Point (AP) management functions allow administrators to discover, configure, update, and monitor
all managed APs from a single secured interface, and from there, gain full control of the entire wireless network.
2.2 System Concept
MW-2000S is capable of managing user authentication, authorization and accounting. The user account information
is stored in the local database or a specified external databases server. Featured with user authentication and
integrated with external payment gateway, MW-2000S allows users to easily pay the fee and enjoy the Internet
service. With centralized AP management system, the administrator does not need to worry about how to maintain
several wireless access point devices in a short time. The following diagram is an example of MW-2000S set to
manage the Internet access service at a hotel.
Figure-1: An example of managed network