Data Sheet VPN Access 250
20.1.2005
Multifunctional like
your company and
with sophisticated
technology to meet
your demands:
the new
VPN Access devices
from Bintec.
Outstanding IPSec implementation provides you with a high-end
solution for your VPN, packed with a wide range of security
mechanisms.
With the VPN Access Line, Bintec presents a new generation of VPN Gateways. All of the previous
advantages of Bintec devices are included. The new VPN Access devices are optimised for high availability
use in a VPN environment. Higher performance CPUs and more memory makes the products "Future
Proof". IPSec and PPTP encryption is already enabled. There is no need for the separate purchase and
activation of licenses. In addition, there are many new features included in the new VPN Access product
line.
Load Balancing
For all the devices in the VPN Access line with three Ethernet interfaces, it is possible to configure two of the
three interfaces as WAN interfaces. This not only provides more bandwidth, it also gives you the opportunity
of distributing your data traffic on the individual lines, depending on the load or the data type. In this way,
one of the lines can take care of all the traffic into the Internet, while the second line is dedicated to VPN
traffic. The second WAN port can use a second ADSL or even an SDSL line to take care of your company's
other data traffic. This switchover is performed seamlessly and the user will not notice a thing.There is even
an option to set up a backup via an ISDN, an analogue or a GSM modem.
Extensive backup options
A VPN helps you to exchange businesscritical data between
different company locations securely and at an affordable price.
And so it is all the more important that communication is
always guaranteed.
In this case, Bintec offers a wide variety of automatic
mechanisms. If two WAN lines are active, for example, then
one can take over the entire data transfer for the other, should
a malfunction occur. If both lines break down, the VPN traffic
can be automatically forwarded via the integrated ISDN modem
(VPN Access 5 excepted). This switchover is performed
seamlessly and the user won’t notice a thing. And there is even
an option to set up a backup via an analogue or a GSM
modem.
Device redundancy
If the device itself should malfunction, it is possible to forward data exchange automatically to a second
device. Thanks to our Bintec Router Redundancy Protocol (BRRP), two devices can be operated
redundantly and act as one device in the LAN. In addition to their own IP and MAC address per interface,
they both also have a common virtual IP and MAC address. This address is entered as the standard
gateway in all the computers in the LAN. The two VPN devices communicate using the Bintec protocol.
Should one device malfunction, the other would automatically take over the entire data traffic.
