Features 13
Features
Ease of Installation and Use
■ SPID Wizard automatic configuration for telephone company switch and
service profile ID (SPID) numbers.
■ Web-based, point-and-click user interface for configuration and online help.
■ Automatic configuration verification with Internet connection through your
Internet Service Provider (ISP).
■ Firmware updates, user guides and technical notes available on the Web.
High Performance
■ Hi/fn™ LZS
®
compression, which conforms to these IETF RFCs:
The PPP
Compression Control Protocol
(RFC 1962) and
PPP Stacker LZS Compression
Protocol
(RFC 1974).
■ Multilink PPP (RFC 1990), which combines two PPP B channel calls to create a
virtual, single 128 Kbps network connection.
■ TollMizer, which places a single B channel or a Multilink PPP data call over a
voice connection, saving you the additional charge for a data call.
Connectivity
■ ISDN Basic Rate U interface.
■ Built in four-port 10BASE-T, 10 Mbps Ethernet hub. Up to 25 users can be
supported by connecting to an external eight port-hub.
■ Two analog voice ports.
■ Preferred Provider support which allows simultaneous connections to two
different ISPs.
Routing
■ IP Routing.
■ Dynamic or static IP addresses supplied by the ISP (WAN side).
■ WAN access for up to 25 local workstations on the LAN (10BASE-T).
■ Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server functionality on the LAN, which
automatically assigns an IP address to a newly-attached computer on an IP
network.
■ Domain Name Service (DNS) server functionality for the LAN, which translates
the common, alphanumeric name of a device to the numeric IP address of a
device.
■ Network Address Translation (NAT) between LAN and WAN, which allows
multiple users on the LAN to share a WAN connection. Note that individual
email accounts may still be maintained at the ISP.
■ Multiplexing traffic from several computers to the same remote destination.