Software Features

Layer 2 bridging

• 802.1d MAC layer Bridging
• MAC address learning and aging
• 512 Maximum MAC addresses learned
• Multicast groups
• Configurable Maximum Packet Size
• VLAN 802.1q support
• 802.1x
• Bridge  and Routing mode selection

Layer 3 Routing - IP

• Static routing
• Default route
• Virtual router interfaces (ALAN)
• Variable length subnet mask
• RIP v1 & V2 on LAN/WAN
• ICMP redirects
• DHCP server
• DHCP relay agent
• DNS relay
• DHCP client
• Netbios proxy
• BootP
• PPP Dial on demand
• HeartBeat capabilities
• IGMP Multicast Forwarding (LAN)
• IGMP Multicast Forwarding (WAN)
• IGMP Snooping
• IGMP Fast Leave
• IGMP v3
• Multiple Primary LAN Subnets

IP Address translation

• Network renumbering (RFC 1631)
• NAT / PAT / NAPT
• 6000+ Maximum simultaneous NAT/NAPT sessions
• NAT passthrough
• Multiple PAT maps
• Adjustable PAT range
• Application layer gateways
• SIP support
• UPnP

Protocols - PPP

• PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516)
• PPP over Ethernet pass-thru
• Data compression 4:1 (STAC - RFC 1974)
• V.Jacobson header compression (RFC 1144)
• User authentication (PAP/CHAP/MSCHAP)

Quality of Service

• DiffServ traffic prioritization through TOS
• 802.1p QoS
• Configurable traffic prioritization by
• Source and destination addresses
• Port and Protocol

High Availability

• External Analog Backup
• Backup Gateway
• Schedule connections
• VRRP

Security

Basic Firewall capabilitties

• Policy based routing
• Filter on source and/or destination IP/port value
• Filter on SYN, ACK flags and ICMP
• SPI Firewall
• Logging and scripting

Stateful Inspection Firewall

• Denial of Service attacks (DoS)
• Distributed DoS (DDoS)

VPN (Gateway, Client or Server Termination)

• PPTP
• L2TP
  • LNS - L2TP access Server
• GRE
• IPSec
  • IKE
  • AH
  • ESP
  • DES (56-bits_ and 3DES (168-bits)
  • L2TP encapsulation in IPSec
• Initiate and terminate VPN connections
  • 15 Maximum number of Tunnels

Secure Management

• Tiered Admin access
• 4 management users profiles
• RADIUS (AAA) management authentication support
• TACACS+ Authentication

Configuration and Management

• Menu UI
• CLI (full featured scriptable with integrated help)
• Internal Dial-in console mgmt
• Configurable console timeout
• Management port reassignment
• Device and WAN event logs
• SNMP v1 & 2 support with enterprise MIB's

• Persistent configuration storage during power down
• User defined backup configuration
• Firmware updates via TFTP
• Time/date set via NTP
• Syslog server support
• Recovery button
• Ping packet generation
• Traceroute