Printer Port
The USB port on the back of the router allows you to connect most standard USB based printers and then
print to them from any Windows98SE/XP/2000 PC, using built-in O/S support from any application, thus not
needing to have a particular PC provide the printer sharing to its peers.
Wireless Interface
The Wireless interface on the Vigor2900VG enables wireless connection of PCs and supports Atheros™ Super-
G, for total wireless bandwidth of up to 108Mb/s. Support for regular 802.11g and 802.11b is also provided.
Twin extra-gain aerials provide an additional gain, ensuring maximum coverage range and signal diversity
(higher-gain aerials are available as an optional extra
). The wireless clients can be segmented into wireless
'VLANs' to create common or distinct groups and multiple levels of security lock down access even further
(see later).
WDS - Wireless Distribution System
WDS provides two modes of operation to expand the Wireless range of your LAN. Where you install two or
more compatible wireless routers, the WDS-enabled router becomes a satellite (slave) to the main base. In
'Repeater' Mode, the slave unit is within range of the main base unit and then repeats the main wireless
signal into its own coverage area - this can effectively double the total range of the network (depending on
the environment). In WDS Bridge mode, two physically separated LAN can be joined wirelessly, in order
than they can communicate with each other. This is ideal where two offices need to be linked but a cable
cannot be run (e.g. across a road). For more information about WDS see here
.
Wireless VLAN & Rate Control
As with the VLAN facility on the wired (RJ45) ethernet ports, the Wireless VLAN facility enables you to
create groups of LAN clients which are common (can communicate with each other) or distinct (cannot
communicate with each other) whilst still allowing Internet access to all clients. Wireless VLAN Groups can be
combined with VLAN groups on the wired ports too. Wireless Rate Control allows you to limit the wireless
rate that a particular wireless client can use.
Extensive Wireless Security
The Vigor2910VG models support industry standard WEP encryption, WPA and WPA2 encyption methods.
For enterprise level control, 802.1x authentication is also supported, operating with your own Radius server.
In addition, you can add "VPN over WLAN" to increase the level of wireless encryption, using DES/3DES
encryption. Finally, you can lock the router down further so if the unique hardware ('MAC') address of the
wireless client is not in the 'allow' list, the client is also denied access as well as pre-set DHCP allocations and
block any other devices which attempt to connect.
Optional ISDN Interface
The Vigor2900VGi model offers all of the same facilities as the standard Vigor2900VG model but has an
ISDN interface in addition. This can connect to any ISDN2e or BT Highway/Midband line. The ISDN interface
provides dial-backup in the event of your main Internet feed being interrupted. Alternatively, the ISDN
interface can be used on its own if you do not have a boradband feed to connect to the Vigor2900, both for
shared internet access and direct-dial ISDN LAN-to-LAN Wide Area Networking.
Vigor 2910 Series - Product Highlights
• Combination Ethernet router, VPN Device, Firewall and Load-Balancer
• Primary Ethernet WAN Interface
• Selectable secondary WAN Interface - New!
• Load Balancing across both WAN ports with automatic or user-defined policies - New!
• WAN Backup using secondary WAN in case of fisr WAN failure - New!
• Four-Port 10/100BaseT autosensing Ethernet interface with manual speed over-ride (one port
switchable to WAN2 port)
• Printer Port - built-in USB port compatible with most standard printers and any Windows 98SE,
2000 or XP client PC.
• Internet Firewall facilities featuring :
o Automatic Keep-state facility for tracking packets and denying unsolicitied incoming data
o Selectable DoS/DDoS protection
o IP Address anti-spoofing
