Features:
Allied Telesyn’s AT8000S/16 is a 16-port stand-alone switch with one
active SFP bay unpopulated and one standby 10/100/1000T ports. It provides
a small form factor and a fixed-configuration platform. This switch comes
with a one gigabit uplink port with the option of integrated copper 10/100/1000
port or 100 or 1000 SPF slot for fibre connectivity. The product is mainly
aimed at smaller networks, and features an industry-standard CLI and Allied
Telesyn’s WEB interface. The management interface can be accessed only
by authorised administrators and protocols such as SSL, SSH and SNMP v3,
which facilitate this protection. The deployment of protocols such as the
802.1x port-based authentication guarantee that only known users are connected
to the network.
Price: From Rs 13,000 to Rs 15,000 Contact: S Gopal Telephone: 0 93900 14230 E-mail: sapharu_gopal@alliedtelesyn.com Website: alliedtelesyn.com
Features:
Asus’ Giga X 1024P is a layer-2 smart switch for deploying SMB networks.
This switch provides two extra Gigabit ports, with two transmit queues
for each port, and supports ASUS CNM-centralised network management which
is a Web-based management tool. The Giga X 1024 P incorporates the Auto
MDI/MDIX and Auto speed and duplex mode negotiation functions. It complies
with the IEEE 802.3x and 802.3u standards, and incorporates the IEEE 802.3x
Flow control support for 10/100 Mbps full duplex communication.
Features:
The KL1116 Hideaway LCD KVM switch incorporates a 16-port KVM switch in
a hideaway console with 17’’ high-resolution LCD monitor, keyboard
and touch-pad. Its hideaway housing is less than 1U rack. It has a dual-slide
design that allows the console to slide back while the LCD panel remains
visible.
Features:
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series with Cisco IOS Software Modularity
enables Cisco IOS sub-systems to run in independent, self-healing
processes. It helps minimise unplanned downtime through fault
containment and stateful process restarts. It provides for in-service
software upgrades, reduces code certification and deployment
time, and decreases business risks. Further, it enables process-level,
automated policy control by integrating Cisco IOS Embedded Event
Manager, which helps in offloading time-consuming tasks to the
network and accelerating the resolution of network issues.
Price: From approx. Rs 35 lakh
to Rs 80 lakh Contact: Adil Doctor Telephone: 022 4043 4097 E-mail: addoctor@cisco.com Website: cisco.com
D-Link’s
DES-3026
Dax’s
T6 Pro Compact
Features:
The DES-3026 switch is a Layer-2 switch. It provides fibre uplinks
for the connection of small groups of users over a larger distance
such as on a campus and between indoor departments. This switch
includes support for traffic segmentation that isolates ports
to protect privacy. It allows you to migrate end-users to an
802.1x environment when existing workstations support the 802.1x
authentication protocol. Other features include 802.1p and port-based
QoS/CoS, security and management features such as port-based/MAC-based
802.1x authentication and bandwidth control. It also supports
many of the features that are present in larger managed solutions
such as IGMP snooping, 802.3ad Link Aggregation, 255 VLANs,
traffic segmentation, traffic monitoring and SYSLOG. DES-3026
helps in configuring, monitoring and maintaining multiple switches
from a management station through one IP address.
Features:
T6 Pro offers an L3 throughput of 143 Mpps, assuring Layer 3 wire-speed
performance across 96 all-GIGA ports on the same chassis. It supports all
Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing and switching services at wire-speed up to 10
Gbps, and offers a backplane bandwidth of 288 Gbps. The product supports
various L3 routing features like RIPv1/v2, OSPFv2, BGP4, IS-IS, VRRP and
VRF/L3VPN. T6 Pro Compact offers support for QOS features such as IEEE 802.1p
with eight priority queues, TOS, Diffserv, rate limiting and traffic shaping,
bandwidth provisioning and WRED. The product incorporates security features
like ACL, MAC security, Secure TELNET, RADIUS, TACACAS+, SSH, SNMPv3, IEEE
802.1x, DoS, CERT and SCP. Every fibre optic line card can be installed
with pluggable transceivers (SFP), supporting any mix of single mode, multi
mode, bi-directional (single fibre), CWDM, and long haul (up to 200 km at
10 Gbps). The T6Pro architecture incorporates multiple levels of redundancy
designed for carrier-class services and mission-critical applications.
Features:
Nortel’s ERS 5510 provides L2/L3/L4 capability, 48 Port PoE, end-point
security, Special IP phone discovery and configuration, 80 G stack bandwidth,
Resilient Stacking and RPSU support.
The ERS 5510 is available in 24-port and 48-port
10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 with two built-in SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable)
GBIC ports for uplink. Its FAST (Flexible Advanced Stacking Technology)
stacking design allows for simultaneous bi-directional traffic flow on
each stacking port. It offers high-performance Layer 3 switching fabric
with a maximum 160 Gbps forwarding bandwidth and wire-speed performance.
The forwarding rate for the Ethernet Routing Switch
5510-48T is 71.4 Mpps and for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5510-24T is
35.7 Mpps. It supports Layer 3 wire-speed Layer 3 IP routing across the
stack with static and local route support. There are two built-in SFP
GBIC ports for dedicated uplink connectivity to network core switches
such as the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600.
Features:
SonicWall TotalSecure 25 Switch is a total security platform,
delivering network security, flexibility and reliability to
home, small, remote and branch offices. Based on SonicWall’s
PRO 1260 with an integrated 24-port Ethernet switch, it combines
deep packet firewall inspection capabilities with three independent
security zones: WAN, Optional Port and 24-port LAN. The Optional
Port can either be configured as a DMZ or secondary LAN.
Features:
SMC8024L2 is a 24-port 10/100/1000 Giga Managed Switch that
has 24 auto-MDIX 10/100/1000 ports in a 1RU chassis which
includes 4 combo ports (RJ45/SFP).
The SMC8024L2 delivers wire-speed switching performance in
a 48 Gbps switch fabric, having features such as QoS that
supports four priority levels, with weighted fair queuing
and L2/3/4 IP precedence. Several of these ports can be joined
together to form a group link using link aggregation (LACP)
to provide higher bandwidth of up to 16 Gbps.
Features:
3Com’s 4200 switch supports10/100 Layer 2 switch + 2
port uplink 10/100/1000. It is a Stackable Layer 2 switch
with features such as 24 port 10/100 switch and 2 port 10/100/1000
(giga) for uplink to other switches for stack.
It supports a backplane speed of 8.8 Gbps and forwarding rate of 6.6
Mpps.
Features:
AT-AR415S is a router that supports one Ethernet 10/100 Mbps
WAN port and 4 Ethernet LAN ports. It also supports an asynchronous
port and an inspection firewall. The product has AES, 3DES,
and DES hardware-based encryption, and supports up to 50 VPN
tunnels. It is compatible with Windows XP and 2000 VPN clients
that use pre-shared keys and X509 Certificates. This router
also supports the PPPoE and provides protection against denial
of service attacks; it employs a 1x PIC bay that supports a
range of WAN connections.
Price: From Rs 35,000 to Rs
40,000 Contact: S Gopal Telephone: 0 93900 14230 E-mail: sapharu_gopal@alliedtelesyn.com Website: alliedtelesyn.com
Features:
RX 3041 is a high-speed IP sharing router that incorporates an integrated
4 port Fast Ethernet Switch. It provides 16 MB of memory that can
support up to 4,000 concurrent sessions, and has an integrated IP/NAT
Accelerator. It can support up to 253 users. The product complies
with the IPSec, L2TP, PPTP, and VPN Pass-through. It features advanced
firewall and filtering, and provides for DMZ and ALG (Application
Layer Gateway) support.
Features:
The Cisco 7600 Series routers are high-performance routers with
720 Gbps or 40 Gbps capacity per slot, and advanced optical
service modules. They employ Cisco’s I-Flex design, a portfolio
of shared port adapters (SPAs), and SPA interface processors
(SIPs) that prioritise voice, video and data services for intelligent
and secure networking. The routers allow Intelligent Ethernet
broadband aggregation (powered by the multiprocessor WAN applications
module) for Ethernet Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) access
concentrator or high-density L2TP network server subscriber
services.
The routers have the ability to upgrade
from the Cisco 7500 Series because of the Cisco IOS Software
feature parity and FlexWAN support for existing Cisco 7200
and 7500 series port adapters.
Price: Approx Rs 40 lakh to
1 crore Contact: Adil Doctor Telephone: 022 4043 4097 E-mail: addoctor@cisco.com Website: cisco.com
Features:
DRO-250i is part of D-Link’s Multi-Service Router series.
This Router uses the IXP425 processor from Intel. It has XScale
architecture (ARM core with NPEs). The hardware is designed
with four interfaces (Ethernet WAN/DMZ, V.35, ISDN BRI, Ethernet
LAN). Other features include two 10/100 Mbps fast Ethernet port
(LAN and WAN/DMZ), V.35 WAN interface, ISDN WAN interface, multicast
support, load balancing and auto back-up.
Features:
The Dax’s DX-7208 is powered by a high-performance processor
with built-in 1000 Mbps ports and 8 NM slots. It provides a
throughput of 1000 Kpps. It offers support to voice, video and
data on the same network, and provides protection against Denial
of Service attacks using security with wire-speed extended Access
Control Lists, Secure Shell, SNMP v3 and authentication with
AAA, 802.1x, RADIUS, and TACACS+.
DX-7208 offers system reliability and
circuit redundancy with the ability to mix AC & DC within
the same system. In addition, the router incorporates Policy
Based Routing that provides customised routing decisions based
on source address, allowing customers to maintain single configurations
while having access to different service. It also offers various
security protocols such as IPsec, GRE tunneling and data encryption
algorithms.
Features:
Nortel Secure Router (SR) Portfolio enables secure end-to-end
converged solutions. The Nortel Secure Router 3120 is a modular
system that converges routing, security and multimedia traffic
forwarding in a single platform for enterprises.
The SR 3120 supports the RIP, OSPF
and BGP protocols. It provides extended memory that can support
up to 28 MLPPP members. It also offers LAN over WAN support,
graphics management, and stateful firewall with ALG and traffic
management. Another feature includes QoS and traffic management,
and incorporates multimedia transport integrated security-stateful
packet inspection firewall. It has Command Line Interface
scripting tools to quickly deploy and maintain the router.
Features:
3Com’s 3013 features 1 port ISDN, 1 port Serial, and 1
port WAN supporting up to 2 Mbps. The SMB router comes with
a back-up ISDN port and 1 port for LAN to connect to your network
switch.
Features:
The AT-WA1104G is a wireless LAN router with four 10/100TX switch
ports. It offers protection by using 128-bit, Shared Key WEP
Encryption and WPA. Another important feature of this router
is the WDS-based wireless bridging and repeating support. It
also offers wireless auto channel selection and wireless user
access control. The security measures that are implemented by
this router incorporate DoS and IP/Port/Mac Filtering. In addition,
there is a fixed IP address port.
Price: From Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 Contact: S Gopal Telephone: 0 93900 14230 E-mail: sapharu_gopal@alliedtelesyn.com Website: alliedtelesyn.com
Features:
The Asus WLL 566G supports a data rate of 240 Mbps and a throughput
of 100 Mbps. The router has backward compatibility with IEEE
802.11b/g. Advanced security features include the incorporation
of the WPA2, WPA-PSK (TKIP, AES), WEP and Mac Filter.
Features:
Cisco 3800 Series routers incorporate features such as built-in
security and the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager for
simplified management. They also provide a modular platform
with a broad range of interface options. They have up to two
10/100/1000 Mbps built-in routed ports, and up to 112 10/100
Mbps switch ports with optional Power over Ethernet (PoE) for
providing DC power to network devices such as IP phones. The
routers support up to 2,500 VPN tunnels, and are compatible
with wireless LAN standards such as 802.11a/b/g. Other key features
of the Cisco 3800 routers is that they provide support for a
Small form Factor Pluggable (SFP) port for Gigabit Ethernet,
and also have a built-in power supply. In addition, the router
also provides call-processing functionality to keep voice services
in operation.
Price: Approx Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh Contact: Adil Doctor Telephone: 022 4043 4097 E-mail: addoctor@cisco.com Website: cisco.com
Features:
The DI-524 Wireless Router is capable of transferring data with
a maximum wireless signal rate of up to 54 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz
frequency— the same wireless frequency as 802.11b. The
DI-524 also offers four Ethernet ports to support multiple computers.
This router offers data transfer speeds with a maximum wireless
signal rate of up to 54 Mbps through its wireless channels.
It has a built-in advanced firewall, and supports content filtering,
Mac filtering, URL blocking and domain blocking to prevent unwanted
intruders from connecting to your network or browsing restricted
sites.
Features:
The DAX DX- 918 ABO PE is an enterprise-class 802.11a and 802.11b/g
dual-band wireless access point. It provides support for QoS
such as IEEE 802.11e and WMM to prioritise delay-sensitive traffic
(such as voice and video) over data traffic, and offers power
levels of 17 dBm for 11g and 14 dBm for 11a in 54 Mbps High
Band. It supports data rates of up to 54 Mbps. With Turbo A/G,
the data rates can be increased up to 40-60 Mbps.
The product supports 1 # 10/100Base-T/TX RJ-45
port, 1 RS-232 DB-9 console port, and 2 SMA connectors. Another feature
of this product is that it provides support for IEEE 802.3af integrated
Power over Ethernet. Security features like IEEE 802.1x, WEP security,
64/128/152 bits, Local Mac address filtering, Radius Client support, ACL,
WPA/WPA2, AES and SSL/SSHv2 are incorporated in it. The product supports
Layer 2 features like IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol, VLAN for up
to 64 groups, and 8 Virtual AP (Multiple SSID). Management features includes
SNMP v1/v2/v3, CLI via console port, Telnet and Web-based management with
dual firmware image support.
Features:
Nortel’s WLAN 2300 complies with 802.11a/b/g radio and
has dynamic spectrum management. It provides user admission
control, portal authentication, 3 access points and secure switch.
The WLAN 2300 Series comprises a portfolio of WLAN Security
Switches, a multi-mode access point and a management software
system.
Features:
The SMC Barricade 802.11g 54 Mbps MIMO Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband
Router (SMCWBR14-GM) is a platform-independent multi-functional
router that combines a 4-port 10/100 Mbps dual-speed switch
with the Automatic MDI-MDIX feature and a high-speed 54 Mbps
wireless access point. Wireless connections are secure with
support for 802.1x for authentication, Wi-Fi Protected Access
(WPA/WPA2), Mac address filtering and 64/128-bit Wired Equivalent
Privacy, as well as Stateful Packet Inspection firewall, network
management, and support for Virtual Private Network pass-through.
The router is based on a Ralink MIMO 802.11g chipset.
The IEEE 802.11g-compliant SMC MIMO product set enables data transfer
up to 20 times faster than older 802.11b wireless networking devices in
MIMO-to-MIMO communication. The router also supports Smart Antenna Technology.
The product is fully backward-compatible with standard 802.11g and 802.11b
devices.
Features:
The TZ 170 SP Wireless is a high-performance, multi-layer network
security platform that integrates the features of the TZ 170
Series in a single appliance, including 802.11b/g wireless,
automated failover/failback technologies, and a deep packet
inspection firewall. The TZ 170 ensures constant access to critical
data on both wired and wireless LANs by automatically failing
over to either a second WAN connection or an integrated analog
modem should the primary connection fail. The product provides
a dual broadband WAN connection plus a built-in analog modem
and secure 802.11b/g wireless.
Features:
The P-336M incorporates the ZyXEL smart antenna and StreamEngineTM
QoS technology that ensures all-time wireless connectivity.
The P-336M features the 108 Mbps Super G Wireless and MIMO Smart
Antenna Technology for better speed and coverage, and is backwards
compatible with any IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi certified device. To
protect wireless data transmissions, the P-336M provides Wi-Fi
Protected Access and WPA2 featuring the AES standard. P-336M
has a Stateful Packet Inspection firewall and VPN pass-through,
creating a secure connection at any remote location.
Features:
This router incorporates a 5-in-1 ADSL modem, firewall, wireless
access point, 4 port switch and router function. It has a 4
port switch for data and Internet sharing of all home or small
office PCs/notebooks, and built-in firewall and ADSL modem to
connect to any ADSL 2+ connection from any supplier. Wireless
range up to 100 metres (unrestricted environment).
Features:
The product provides 24 ports for interfacing, and enables circuit identification
by screen printing of 9 mm on each of the ports. It has a built-in cable
manager for 24 port connection. D-Link has re-engineered the high-density
unshielded Cat 5e keystone jack, which is a three-piece structure that includes
the front panel, metal case and cable management plate. The cable management
plate comes with pre-fitted B-clip that helps in routing. The front plate
has icon holders that help identify the media used. The keystone connectors
meet and exceed EIA/TIA TSB-40A Cat 5e specifications. They are snap-fixable
on the metal case, and can be easily removed whenever required. Additionally,
the product has an insulation displacement connector for cable crimping
that can accept 22-26 AWG solid wire.
Features:
The PatchSee Patch cord allows easy finding of the network users in a rack
in a LAN environment without disturbing other users. To identify the network
user of a patch cord in a rack or even on a wall plug, various solutions
like labelling systems, databases, and colour patch cords can be used. A
light injection tool, PatchSee helps to inject the light on one end of the
patch cord and the light can be seen immediately flashing out at the other
end. Moreover, PatchSee has created a system of removable colour clips which
are useful in implementing a colour coding system.
Features:
These Cat 5e and CAT 6 LAN cables meet the requirements of TIA/EIA-568-B-2
and ISO/11801. The conductor used is a twisted pair 24 AWG solid-base copper
with polyethylene insulation. The cables support the 1000 base T standard
for Gigabit Ethernet. They are compatible with all common systems according
to EN 50173, ISO/IEC 1180 and TIA/ EIA 568-b.
Price: Cat 5e cable: Rs 4,500 per box. Cat
6 Cable: Rs 5,500 per box. (excluding taxes) Contact: Manish Singhai Telephone: 22 6702 2260 E-mail: manish.singhai@sterlite.com Website: sterliteoptical.com
Features:
Tyco Electronics’ MPO Trunk Cable features assemblies with MPO cassettes.
Another feature is the use of modular components like pre-terminated trunk
cables, break-out cassettes, and cable assemblies that help in fast deployment,
simple installation, capital effectiveness and network flexibility.
Price: Rs 60,000 for one MPO Trunk Cable
assembly with two MPO breakout cassettes. Contact: Bhupendra Rane Telephone: 98451 08697 E-mail: bhupen@tycoelectronics.com Website: tycoelectronics.com
Connectivity Options
D-link’s GLB-502T
Riverbed’s appliances
Features:
The GLB-502T ADSL 2+ Router is designed to provide ADSL Internet connection
for individual computers through the Ethernet or USB ports, or to bridge
your Ethernet LAN to the Internet. The GLB-502T combines the benefits of
high-speed ADSL2+ technology and IP routing capabilities in one compact
and convenient package. GLB-502T supports 8 PVCs, and comes with in-built
splitter as an added advantage to users.
It has an upstream rate of up to 1Mbps, and downstream
rate of up to 24 Mbps. It has an in-built ADSL POTS splitter so as to
separate voice and data, which enables data and voice signals to be transmitted
over the existing telephone line simultaneously without any interference.
Features:
Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances optimise all TCP traffic for bandwidth
and TCP behavior. These appliances do not require any client or server reconfiguration
in standard deployment mode. There is no proxy configuration required, nor
do any routing tables need to be adjusted. Each Steelhead appliance can
be managed through a GUI or command-line interface. They can report traffic
and network optimisation, and provide segment reports by port, protocol
or IP address range. A Central Management Console allows you to configure
and manage many Steelhead appliances simultaneously.
These appliances can be deployed in a variety of
high-availability configurations in order to provide continued optimised
performance in the event of an appliance failure. These configurations
are available for both in-path and out-of-path deployments. In addition,
Steelhead appliance models 3010 and 5010 also feature RAID and dual power
supplies to improve reliability.
Price: Depending on the model chosen, it
starts from Rs 2 lakh Contact: Arunchandra Shetty Telephone: 080 2226 7272 E-mail: arunchandra.shetty@riverbed.com
Website: riverbed.com
SonicWall’s SSL VPN 2000
Features:
SonicWall SSL VPN 2000 provides integration behind virtually any firewall,
and facilitates unrestricted concurrent user tunnels. It gives clientless
wired and wireless connectivity, and NetExtender technology. The product
ensures granular policy configuration controls. This VPN provides personalised
portal and layered security in a SonicWall environment.
Features:
Allied Telesyn’s AT8000S/16 is a 16-port stand-alone switch with one
active SFP bay unpopulated and one standby 10/100/1000T ports. It provides
a small form factor and a fixed-configuration platform. This switch comes
with a one gigabit uplink port with the option of integrated copper 10/100/1000
port or 100 or 1000 SPF slot for fibre connectivity. The product is mainly
aimed at smaller networks, and features an industry-standard CLI and Allied
Telesyn’s WEB interface. The management interface can be accessed only
by authorised administrators and protocols such as SSL, SSH and SNMP v3,
which facilitate this protection. The deployment of protocols such as the
802.1x port-based authentication guarantee that only known users are connected
to the network.
Features:
Asus’ Giga X 1024P is a layer-2 smart switch for deploying SMB networks.
This switch provides two extra Gigabit ports, with two transmit queues
for each port, and supports ASUS CNM-centralised network management which
is a Web-based management tool. The Giga X 1024 P incorporates the Auto
MDI/MDIX and Auto speed and duplex mode negotiation functions. It complies
with the IEEE 802.3x and 802.3u standards, and incorporates the IEEE 802.3x
Flow control support for 10/100 Mbps full duplex communication. 
Features:
The KL1116 Hideaway LCD KVM switch incorporates a 16-port KVM switch in
a hideaway console with 17’’ high-resolution LCD monitor, keyboard
and touch-pad. Its hideaway housing is less than 1U rack. It has a dual-slide
design that allows the console to slide back while the LCD panel remains
visible.
Features:
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series with Cisco IOS Software Modularity
enables Cisco IOS sub-systems to run in independent, self-healing
processes. It helps minimise unplanned downtime through fault
containment and stateful process restarts. It provides for in-service
software upgrades, reduces code certification and deployment
time, and decreases business risks. Further, it enables process-level,
automated policy control by integrating Cisco IOS Embedded Event
Manager, which helps in offloading time-consuming tasks to the
network and accelerating the resolution of network issues.
Features:
The DES-3026 switch is a Layer-2 switch. It provides fibre uplinks
for the connection of small groups of users over a larger distance
such as on a campus and between indoor departments. This switch
includes support for traffic segmentation that isolates ports
to protect privacy. It allows you to migrate end-users to an
802.1x environment when existing workstations support the 802.1x
authentication protocol. Other features include 802.1p and port-based
QoS/CoS, security and management features such as port-based/MAC-based
802.1x authentication and bandwidth control. It also supports
many of the features that are present in larger managed solutions
such as IGMP snooping, 802.3ad Link Aggregation, 255 VLANs,
traffic segmentation, traffic monitoring and SYSLOG. DES-3026
helps in configuring, monitoring and maintaining multiple switches
from a management station through one IP address.
Features:
T6 Pro offers an L3 throughput of 143 Mpps, assuring Layer 3 wire-speed
performance across 96 all-GIGA ports on the same chassis. It supports all
Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing and switching services at wire-speed up to 10
Gbps, and offers a backplane bandwidth of 288 Gbps. The product supports
various L3 routing features like RIPv1/v2, OSPFv2, BGP4, IS-IS, VRRP and
VRF/L3VPN. T6 Pro Compact offers support for QOS features such as IEEE 802.1p
with eight priority queues, TOS, Diffserv, rate limiting and traffic shaping,
bandwidth provisioning and WRED. The product incorporates security features
like ACL, MAC security, Secure TELNET, RADIUS, TACACAS+, SSH, SNMPv3, IEEE
802.1x, DoS, CERT and SCP. Every fibre optic line card can be installed
with pluggable transceivers (SFP), supporting any mix of single mode, multi
mode, bi-directional (single fibre), CWDM, and long haul (up to 200 km at
10 Gbps). The T6Pro architecture incorporates multiple levels of redundancy
designed for carrier-class services and mission-critical applications.
Features:
Nortel’s ERS 5510 provides L2/L3/L4 capability, 48 Port PoE, end-point
security, Special IP phone discovery and configuration, 80 G stack bandwidth,
Resilient Stacking and RPSU support.
Features:
SonicWall TotalSecure 25 Switch is a total security platform,
delivering network security, flexibility and reliability to
home, small, remote and branch offices. Based on SonicWall’s
PRO 1260 with an integrated 24-port Ethernet switch, it combines
deep packet firewall inspection capabilities with three independent
security zones: WAN, Optional Port and 24-port LAN. The Optional
Port can either be configured as a DMZ or secondary LAN.
Features:
SMC8024L2 is a 24-port 10/100/1000 Giga Managed Switch that
has 24 auto-MDIX 10/100/1000 ports in a 1RU chassis which
includes 4 combo ports (RJ45/SFP).
Features:
3Com’s 4200 switch supports10/100 Layer 2 switch + 2
port uplink 10/100/1000. It is a Stackable Layer 2 switch
with features such as 24 port 10/100 switch and 2 port 10/100/1000
(giga) for uplink to other switches for stack. 
Features:
AT-AR415S is a router that supports one Ethernet 10/100 Mbps
WAN port and 4 Ethernet LAN ports. It also supports an asynchronous
port and an inspection firewall. The product has AES, 3DES,
and DES hardware-based encryption, and supports up to 50 VPN
tunnels. It is compatible with Windows XP and 2000 VPN clients
that use pre-shared keys and X509 Certificates. This router
also supports the PPPoE and provides protection against denial
of service attacks; it employs a 1x PIC bay that supports a
range of WAN connections.
Features:
RX 3041 is a high-speed IP sharing router that incorporates an integrated
4 port Fast Ethernet Switch. It provides 16 MB of memory that can
support up to 4,000 concurrent sessions, and has an integrated IP/NAT
Accelerator. It can support up to 253 users. The product complies
with the IPSec, L2TP, PPTP, and VPN Pass-through. It features advanced
firewall and filtering, and provides for DMZ and ALG (Application
Layer Gateway) support.
Features:
The Cisco 7600 Series routers are high-performance routers with
720 Gbps or 40 Gbps capacity per slot, and advanced optical
service modules. They employ Cisco’s I-Flex design, a portfolio
of shared port adapters (SPAs), and SPA interface processors
(SIPs) that prioritise voice, video and data services for intelligent
and secure networking. The routers allow Intelligent Ethernet
broadband aggregation (powered by the multiprocessor WAN applications
module) for Ethernet Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) access
concentrator or high-density L2TP network server subscriber
services.
Features:
DRO-250i is part of D-Link’s Multi-Service Router series.
This Router uses the IXP425 processor from Intel. It has XScale
architecture (ARM core with NPEs). The hardware is designed
with four interfaces (Ethernet WAN/DMZ, V.35, ISDN BRI, Ethernet
LAN). Other features include two 10/100 Mbps fast Ethernet port
(LAN and WAN/DMZ), V.35 WAN interface, ISDN WAN interface, multicast
support, load balancing and auto back-up.
Features:
The Dax’s DX-7208 is powered by a high-performance processor
with built-in 1000 Mbps ports and 8 NM slots. It provides a
throughput of 1000 Kpps. It offers support to voice, video and
data on the same network, and provides protection against Denial
of Service attacks using security with wire-speed extended Access
Control Lists, Secure Shell, SNMP v3 and authentication with
AAA, 802.1x, RADIUS, and TACACS+.
Features:
Nortel Secure Router (SR) Portfolio enables secure end-to-end
converged solutions. The Nortel Secure Router 3120 is a modular
system that converges routing, security and multimedia traffic
forwarding in a single platform for enterprises.
Features:
3Com’s 3013 features 1 port ISDN, 1 port Serial, and 1
port WAN supporting up to 2 Mbps. The SMB router comes with
a back-up ISDN port and 1 port for LAN to connect to your network
switch.
Features:
The AT-WA1104G is a wireless LAN router with four 10/100TX switch
ports. It offers protection by using 128-bit, Shared Key WEP
Encryption and WPA. Another important feature of this router
is the WDS-based wireless bridging and repeating support. It
also offers wireless auto channel selection and wireless user
access control. The security measures that are implemented by
this router incorporate DoS and IP/Port/Mac Filtering. In addition,
there is a fixed IP address port.
Features:
The Asus WLL 566G supports a data rate of 240 Mbps and a throughput
of 100 Mbps. The router has backward compatibility with IEEE
802.11b/g. Advanced security features include the incorporation
of the WPA2, WPA-PSK (TKIP, AES), WEP and Mac Filter.
Features:
Cisco 3800 Series routers incorporate features such as built-in
security and the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager for
simplified management. They also provide a modular platform
with a broad range of interface options. They have up to two
10/100/1000 Mbps built-in routed ports, and up to 112 10/100
Mbps switch ports with optional Power over Ethernet (PoE) for
providing DC power to network devices such as IP phones. The
routers support up to 2,500 VPN tunnels, and are compatible
with wireless LAN standards such as 802.11a/b/g. Other key features
of the Cisco 3800 routers is that they provide support for a
Small form Factor Pluggable (SFP) port for Gigabit Ethernet,
and also have a built-in power supply. In addition, the router
also provides call-processing functionality to keep voice services
in operation.
Features:
The DI-524 Wireless Router is capable of transferring data with
a maximum wireless signal rate of up to 54 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz
frequency— the same wireless frequency as 802.11b. The
DI-524 also offers four Ethernet ports to support multiple computers.
This router offers data transfer speeds with a maximum wireless
signal rate of up to 54 Mbps through its wireless channels.
It has a built-in advanced firewall, and supports content filtering,
Mac filtering, URL blocking and domain blocking to prevent unwanted
intruders from connecting to your network or browsing restricted
sites.
Features:
The DAX DX- 918 ABO PE is an enterprise-class 802.11a and 802.11b/g
dual-band wireless access point. It provides support for QoS
such as IEEE 802.11e and WMM to prioritise delay-sensitive traffic
(such as voice and video) over data traffic, and offers power
levels of 17 dBm for 11g and 14 dBm for 11a in 54 Mbps High
Band. It supports data rates of up to 54 Mbps. With Turbo A/G,
the data rates can be increased up to 40-60 Mbps.
Features:
Nortel’s WLAN 2300 complies with 802.11a/b/g radio and
has dynamic spectrum management. It provides user admission
control, portal authentication, 3 access points and secure switch.
The WLAN 2300 Series comprises a portfolio of WLAN Security
Switches, a multi-mode access point and a management software
system.
Features:
The SMC Barricade 802.11g 54 Mbps MIMO Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband
Router (SMCWBR14-GM) is a platform-independent multi-functional
router that combines a 4-port 10/100 Mbps dual-speed switch
with the Automatic MDI-MDIX feature and a high-speed 54 Mbps
wireless access point. Wireless connections are secure with
support for 802.1x for authentication, Wi-Fi Protected Access
(WPA/WPA2), Mac address filtering and 64/128-bit Wired Equivalent
Privacy, as well as Stateful Packet Inspection firewall, network
management, and support for Virtual Private Network pass-through.
Features:
The TZ 170 SP Wireless is a high-performance, multi-layer network
security platform that integrates the features of the TZ 170
Series in a single appliance, including 802.11b/g wireless,
automated failover/failback technologies, and a deep packet
inspection firewall. The TZ 170 ensures constant access to critical
data on both wired and wireless LANs by automatically failing
over to either a second WAN connection or an integrated analog
modem should the primary connection fail. The product provides
a dual broadband WAN connection plus a built-in analog modem
and secure 802.11b/g wireless.
Features:
The P-336M incorporates the ZyXEL smart antenna and StreamEngineTM
QoS technology that ensures all-time wireless connectivity.
The P-336M features the 108 Mbps Super G Wireless and MIMO Smart
Antenna Technology for better speed and coverage, and is backwards
compatible with any IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi certified device. To
protect wireless data transmissions, the P-336M provides Wi-Fi
Protected Access and WPA2 featuring the AES standard. P-336M
has a Stateful Packet Inspection firewall and VPN pass-through,
creating a secure connection at any remote location.
Features:
This router incorporates a 5-in-1 ADSL modem, firewall, wireless
access point, 4 port switch and router function. It has a 4
port switch for data and Internet sharing of all home or small
office PCs/notebooks, and built-in firewall and ADSL modem to
connect to any ADSL 2+ connection from any supplier. Wireless
range up to 100 metres (unrestricted environment).
Features:
The product provides 24 ports for interfacing, and enables circuit identification
by screen printing of 9 mm on each of the ports. It has a built-in cable
manager for 24 port connection. D-Link has re-engineered the high-density
unshielded Cat 5e keystone jack, which is a three-piece structure that includes
the front panel, metal case and cable management plate. The cable management
plate comes with pre-fitted B-clip that helps in routing. The front plate
has icon holders that help identify the media used. The keystone connectors
meet and exceed EIA/TIA TSB-40A Cat 5e specifications. They are snap-fixable
on the metal case, and can be easily removed whenever required. Additionally,
the product has an insulation displacement connector for cable crimping
that can accept 22-26 AWG solid wire.
Features:
The PatchSee Patch cord allows easy finding of the network users in a rack
in a LAN environment without disturbing other users. To identify the network
user of a patch cord in a rack or even on a wall plug, various solutions
like labelling systems, databases, and colour patch cords can be used. A
light injection tool, PatchSee helps to inject the light on one end of the
patch cord and the light can be seen immediately flashing out at the other
end. Moreover, PatchSee has created a system of removable colour clips which
are useful in implementing a colour coding system.
Features:
These Cat 5e and CAT 6 LAN cables meet the requirements of TIA/EIA-568-B-2
and ISO/11801. The conductor used is a twisted pair 24 AWG solid-base copper
with polyethylene insulation. The cables support the 1000 base T standard
for Gigabit Ethernet. They are compatible with all common systems according
to EN 50173, ISO/IEC 1180 and TIA/ EIA 568-b.
Features:
Tyco Electronics’ MPO Trunk Cable features assemblies with MPO cassettes.
Another feature is the use of modular components like pre-terminated trunk
cables, break-out cassettes, and cable assemblies that help in fast deployment,
simple installation, capital effectiveness and network flexibility.
Features:
The GLB-502T ADSL 2+ Router is designed to provide ADSL Internet connection
for individual computers through the Ethernet or USB ports, or to bridge
your Ethernet LAN to the Internet. The GLB-502T combines the benefits of
high-speed ADSL2+ technology and IP routing capabilities in one compact
and convenient package. GLB-502T supports 8 PVCs, and comes with in-built
splitter as an added advantage to users.
Features:
Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances optimise all TCP traffic for bandwidth
and TCP behavior. These appliances do not require any client or server reconfiguration
in standard deployment mode. There is no proxy configuration required, nor
do any routing tables need to be adjusted. Each Steelhead appliance can
be managed through a GUI or command-line interface. They can report traffic
and network optimisation, and provide segment reports by port, protocol
or IP address range. A Central Management Console allows you to configure
and manage many Steelhead appliances simultaneously.
Features:
SonicWall SSL VPN 2000 provides integration behind virtually any firewall,
and facilitates unrestricted concurrent user tunnels. It gives clientless
wired and wireless connectivity, and NetExtender technology. The product
ensures granular policy configuration controls. This VPN provides personalised
portal and layered security in a SonicWall environment.
