Planet Technology MH-2001 Network Card User Manual


 
Multi-Homing Security Gateway
Key Feature
Data Sheet
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PLANET’s Multi-Homing Security Gateway, the MH-2001 integrates with
cutting-edge technology which includes Load Balancing, QoS, VPN,
Authentication and Firewall functions for central sites to establish office
network and to connect with branch offices as well as remote dial users. It
is designed for required application-based network solution of business at
low-capital investment and perfect service to the needs for small and
medium sized business. No more complex connection and settings for
integrating different security products on the network is required.
As Internet becomes the essentials for business, the only way to prevent
failure from Internet connection is to have more connection. MH-2001’s
multiple WAN interfaces can prevent it and also reduce the risks of
potential shutdown. Moreover, it allows applying load-balancing by
distributing the traffic through two WAN connections.
In order to be a multi-homing device, PLANET’s Security Gateway provides
a complete security solution in just one box. The policy-based firewall,
content blocking function and VPN connectivity with 3DES and AES
encryption functions are the points of this perfect product for your
network security. Bandwidth management function is also supported to
offer network administrators an easy and powerful ways to allocate
network resources based on business priorities and to shape and control
bandwidth usage.
MH-2001
WAN Backup The MH-2001 can monitor each WAN link status
and automatically activate backup links when a failure is detected.
The detection is based on the configurable target Internet
addresses
Outbound Load Balancing The network sessions are assigned
based on the user configurable load balancing mode, including
“Auto”, “Round-Robin”, “By Traffic”, “By Session”, “By Packet”,
“By Source IP” and “By Destination IP”. Users can also configure IP
or TCP/UDP type of traffic which is connected by WAN port
Policy-based Firewall The built-in policy-based firewall prevents
many known hacker attacks including SYN attack, ICMP flood,
UDP flood, Ping of Death, etc. The access control function allows
only specified WAN or LAN users using allowed network services
on specified time
VPN Connectivity The security gateway supports PPTP and IPSec
VPN. With DES, 3DES, AES encryption and SHA-1/MD5
authentication, the network traffic over public Internet is secured
Content Filtering The security gateway can block network
connection based on URLs, Scripts (The Pop-up, Java Applet,
cookies and Active X), P2P (eDonkey, Bit Torrent and WinMX),
Instant Messaging (MSN, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, QQ and Skype)
and Download / Upload blocking
Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server DHCP server can
allocate up to 253 clients’ IP addresses and distribute them
including IP address, subnet mask as well as DNS IP address to local
computers. It provides an easy way to manage the local IP network
Web based GUI The MH-2001 supports web based GUI for
configuration and management. It also supports multiple
languages including English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified
Chinese
User Authentication User database can be configured on the
devices, and the MH-2001 also supports the authenticated
database through external RADIUS and POP3 server
Bandwidth Management Network packet can be classified based
on IP address, IP subnet and TCP/UDP port number and it gives
guarantee and bursts bandwidth with three levels of priority
Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) The Dynamic DNS
service allows users to name alias dynamic IP address to a static
hostname
Multiple NAT Multiple NAT allows local port setting multiple
subnet and connecting to the Internet through different WAN IP
addresses
Server Load Balancing Up to 4 group virtual servers support
server load balancing
Accounting Report Accounting report function can monitor the
information about the Internal and External network traffic via
MH-2001