User's Manual

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C HAPTER

CONFIGURING THE AP SERVER

Chapter overview

This chapter describes how to configure and use the access provider (AP) server.

AP server overview

All base stations connect to the AP server using a TCP/IP session. Using this connection, the

base stations transfer incoming registration requests from CPEs to the AP server. The AP

server forwards the request to the proper provisioning server for authorization.

The AP server defines the zones and ISPs that comprise network access provider’s network.

Note the following about the AP server:

• The connection between the AP server and the provisioning server is always established

from the AP server to the Provisioning server. Network access providers or ISPs cannot

use the provisioning server to define or attempt a connection back to the AP server.

• The AP server does NOT accept CPE registrations from base stations that do not have a

zone setting that the AP server can recognize.

Starting the AP server

The AP server was designed to use a Java servlet called Tomcat.

1 To run the Tomcat servlet, type the following at a command prompt:

net start tomcat

2 To stop the Tomcat servlet, type the following at a command prompt:

net stop tomcat

3 To verify that the AP server is installed correctly, open an Internet browser. In the

browser’s address field, type the following address:

http://localhost:8080/ap