UAG5100 User’s Guide
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Introduction
1.1 Overview
The UAG is a comprehensive service gateway. If you have a "statement printer", such as SP350E,
you can connect it directly to the UAG, allowing you to easily print subscriber statements. The UAG
is ideal for offices, coffee shops, libraries, hotels and airport terminals catering to subscribers that
seek Internet access. You should have an Internet account already set up and have been given
usernames, passwords etc. required for Internet access.
You can use web authentication to allow guests to access the network only after they authenticate
with the UAG through a specifically designated login web page. You can also forward the
authenticated client's e-mail messages to a specific SMTP server.
The UAG also provides bandwidth management, NAT, port forwarding, policy routing, DHCP server
and many other powerful features. The UAG’s security features include firewall, VPN and
certificates.
The UAG lets you set up multiple networks for your company. The De-Militarized Zone (DMZ)
increases LAN security by providing separate ports for connecting publicly accessible servers. The
UAG also provides two separate LAN networks. You can set ports to be part of the LAN1, LAN2 or
DMZ. Alternatively, you can deploy the UAG as a transparent firewall in an existing network with
minimal configuration.
1.2 Default Zones, Interfaces, and Ports
The default configurations for zones, interfaces, and ports are as follows. References to interfaces
may be generic rather than the specific name used in your model. For example, this guide may use
“the WAN interface” rather than “P1” or” P2”.
