Edimax Technology ER-1088 User Manual

Building on the current s uccesses of the PermaLINK models, Edimax Computer’s new EnduraLINK ER- 1 088 addresses the need for additional bandwidth. As we all know, we can never have enough bandwidth, and the overriding question is how much do they cost! Now, with the EnduraLINK ER-1088, we can provide the optimum ratio of getting the highest bandwidth at the lowest cost.

By utilizing 8 high-speed WAN lines, EnduraLINK ER-1088 can exceed the DS3 level of download service at an extremely affordable cost for schools, architectural firms, printing companies, government offices, and many other medium-size companies.

The highest bandwidth is achieved by connecting 8 low-cost broadband links such as xDSL, cable, satellite, and etc. For example: at current time: (June 2006)

Service

Provider

Speakeasy ADSL Select Plus $69.95

Verizon Basic up to 3M $39.95

SBC Yahoo DSL Expert Plus $49.99

Business Service Monthly Price

(contract terms)

Speed

Up/Download

6 Mbps / 768Kbps 7 Mbps / 768Kbps 8 Mbps / 768Kbps

Bell Canada Internet High

$54.95 Canadian

6 Mbps / 800 Kbps

Speed

So, with 8 ADSL lines that cost less than $ 60 0 pe r a month you can have a combined download bandwidth of greater than a 45 Mbps DS3 line which cost over $5000 per a month. Just purchasing a DS3 router is at least $4000. The best analogy for the multiWAN is to compare it to a 16-lane super-highway. Imagine the traffics that a 16-lane superhighway can carry! Similarly, the total data packets traffics capacity is correspondingly increased by a 8-WAN data super-highway. (8 WAN li nes bi-directionally is e q uivalent to a 16-lane)

To summarize: the EnduraLINK ER-10 88 can provide 108% of DS3 download; 15% of DS3 upload speed and at 12% of the cost. Comparison between EnduraLINK ER-1088 and T1 line with 1.5 Mbps for both upload and download is no contest.

In addition, the EnduraLINK EER-1088 is also a IPsec VPN Server (50 tunnels), and if you have ER-1088 at both

ends and you established multiple VPN tunnels and use VPN trunking, you can get fault-tolerant, fail-over VP N services. This is vital for Government, health, and any enterprises that require secured communication over the Internet.

In-bound Load Balancing Use Authoritative DNS for non-stop Web hosting

Out-bound Load Balancing 8 available algorithms

Multiple WAN Ports

DSL or Cable

Failover

VPN Load Balancing VPN trunking for up to 4 WAN tunnels

Enterprise-class firewall SPI firewall with Block URL, Access Filter, Session Limit and SysFilter Exception

T1 alternatives

Internet Sharing

DSL & Cable Internet access via DSL or Cable Modem

NAT Multi NAP/PAT support

DMZ Host

VPN & VoIP PPTP & IPsec pass-through support & VPN Server (50 tunnels)

Features and Benefits - Multi-Homing

Aggregate bandwidth by combining up to 8 WAN lines Mix DSL,Cable modem, satellite & T1 broadband lines

Failover between WAN ports for un-interrupted connection

Take advantage of the low-cost DSL & cable broadband lines

Features and Benefits - Router

Support up 253 users to share up to 8 WAN lines

Virtual Server Mapping support NAP pass-through support (Netmeeting, messenger, Real Audio, CuSeeMe)

Support multiple DMZ host

Firewall

VoIP pass-through support (H.323ALG)

Block users' access of internet

Block users' access of specific web sites

Control users' internet access days & times

URL blocking by address or keywords

Intrusion Detection with Email alert

Natural firewall by NAT (Network Address Translation)

QoS Bandwidth Control

Router Status Monitoring

Remote Management Configure and upgrade from remote site via internet

Professional Capability Router configuration backup, recovery and reset

Friendly Interface

DHCP

Prioritize service by classifying and tagging packets

DHCP Client and security log Device/Connection Status

Web-based GUI for configuration and management

Built-in DHCP server configuring IP address automatically