Introducing
the innovative PePWave True Address Gateway designed to overcome a
common problem faced by wireless Internet service providers. Coupled
with the PePWave Mesh Connector, the integrated solution allows service
providers to expand wireless coverage economically.
Using a Wi-Fi repeater is an inexpensive way to extend high performance
wireless networks, however it can cause issues with some providers'
network authentication because end-user MAC addresses are lost in
transit as the Wi-Fi repeater rewrites the network packets with its own
MAC address.
Illustration: MAC Address Identification issue caused by 802.11 protocol limitations
By
providing the existing subscriber gateway with the correct end-user
layer-2 identification, PePWave TAG provides a drop-in solution to
overcome this issue without any changes to the providers' existing
network.
Illustration:
TAG and Mesh Connector provide an integrated solution to extend
wireless coverage, while maintaining authentication integrity.
Highlights
True
MAC Address Identification - TAG enables MAC address identification by
restoring the true MAC address information of each individual end-user.
Individual
Customer Access Control - TAG allows WISPs to control the network
access of each individual end-user in hospitality, convention, and
hotspot areas.
Ease
of Deployment - TAG interfaces with the centralized Access Gateway. It
can be drop-in deployed on an existing network infrastructure without
any configuration changes to existing devices.
Features
Discover
Wireless Users True Identity - TAG attacks limitations in the 802.11
protocol standards that cause the loss of users' MAC addresses when
using Wi-Fi repeaters
Collect
Users True MAC Addresses - TAG receives user IP and MAC address
information from one or multiple PePWave Mesh Connector devices
Restore
True MAC Addresses - TAG provides instantaneous MAC address translation
and restores users true MAC addresses as traffic passing through
Transparent Operation and Deployment - TAG works as a transparent layer-2 device and requires minimum configuration
Drop-in Installation - Simply configure TAG for your network, and plug it in.
Keep your configuration - TAG requires no configuration changes to your existing infrastructure
Seamless Layer-2 Authentication - Extend Wi-Fi coverage to popular locations, without sacrificing control over your network
Fully
Compatible with Existing Subscriber Gateway - Since TAG transparently
re-writes network packets before the subscriber gateway, the gateway
only sees the correct identification
Layer-2
Authentication - Mesh connector relays each end-users layer-2
information to TAG before the information is lost in transit, allowing
for true Layer-2 authentication
Enable cost effective coverage enhancement - TAG helps reduce the cost of a true indoor wireless experience
Make
mesh make sense - Mesh Connector and TAG work with your existing Wi-Fi
mesh to extend wireless coverage beyond the street level to popular
indoor locations