N OMADIX AG-2000 W ™ / AG-2000 WA ™14 Introduction5-Step Service BrandingA network enabled with the Nomadix AG-2000w (or any other Nomadix AccessGateway) offers a 5-Step service branding methodology for Public-access operatorsand their partners, comprising:1. Initial Flash Page branding.2. Initial Portal Page Redirect (Pre-Authentication). Typically, this is used toredirect the user to a venue-specific Welcome and Login page.3. Home Page Redirect (Post-Authentication). This redirect page can betailored to the individual user (as part of the RADIUS Reply message, theURL is received by the NSE) or set to re-display itself at freely configurableintervals.4. The Information and Control Console (ICC) contains multiple opportunitiesfor an operator to display its branding or the branding of partners during theuser’s session. As an alternative to the ICC, a simple pop-up windowprovides the opportunity to display a single logo.5. The “Goodbye” page is a post-session page that can be defined either as aRADIUS VSA or be driven by the Internal Web Server (IWS) in the NSE.Using the IWS option means that this functionality is also available for otherpost-paid billing mechanisms (for example, post-paid PMS).