The Vigor2910 supports selectable QoS (Quality of Service). This enables you to select specific
protocols/services to have guaranteed levels of your Internet bandwidth. For example, if you need POP3
email to have priority, you could specify that 50% of your available bandwidth is guaranteed for POP3 email.
When the bandwidth is not being used by POP3, it is still available for all other traffic,. The Vigor2910's QoS
facility provides flexibility - you can set several groups of services to have different priorities, data directions
and bandwidth reservations.
Content Filtering
The Vigor2910 also helps protect against
internal Internet abuse with its content filter
which can block specified sites according to
matched keywords which you specify - i.e.
keywords within URLs. You can alternatively
set the router to only allow access to specific
pre-set site - all other sites are blocked.
Additionally, you can block Java/ActiveX
applet downloads, cookies as well as HTML
download of specific file types (e.g. ZIP, EXE,
multimedia etc.). This all provides a deterrent
to internal abuse of your Internet resources
and re-inforce your local Internet user
policies for staff or family members.
For specific categories filtering, the Vigor2910 also provides integration with the Surfcontrol™ service,
allowing you to block werb surfing by categories (e.g. adult material, gambing etc.) based on Surfonctrol's
online database of millions of sites. Surfcontrol is provided as a free trial to test, and a subscription service
thereafter, provided by Surfcontrol directly (current cost est. from £25 per year).
To protect your Internet connection from
abuse or your users from unsuitable content,
you can block popular Peer-to-Peer
applications, as well as Instant Messaging
software. You can set a time schedule so that
the activities are allowed at only certain
times of day.
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
The Vigor 2910's VLAN facility enables you to segment each of the router's four RJ45 Ethernet ports, so that
each is a separate virtual LAN. You can create VLAN groups which include or exclude any of the ports so that
groups, departments and companies can communicate with each other, or not. For example, two companies
could share the same broadband feed, without having access to each other's networks. For more details of
VLAN, see here
. For the wireless models, wireless VLANs can also be specified, with groups
common/exclusive to wired and wireless clients.
