Baseband modem with integrated IP router

Now available in the UK from Microtel, the Telindus 1320 SDSL router is a baseband modem with an integrated IP router offering full duplex transmission at up to 2.3Mbit/s over a single two-wire unconditioned and unshielded twisted-pair cable. The line speed of the modem can be adapted to optimise the throughput as a function of the characteristics of the local loop. The 1320 SDSL router can be used as a CPE (customer premises equipment) in combination with frame relay or PPP (point-to-point protocol) based DSLAMs (digital subscriber local access multiplexers) such as Copper Mountain, as a CPE in combination with the Telindus CN4 TDM solution, or in a point-to-point setup.

The unit comes with a direct Ethernet 10Base-T connection with integrated bridge and IP router functionality.

The new unit is ideal for high-speed symmetrical Ethernet connectivity as generally required in professional environments for rolling out Internet or LAN-to-LAN access.

When the integrated IP router forwards the packets, the LAN traffic is encapsulated for transmission over the WAN link.

The router supports PPP and Frame-Relay encapsulation.

Features include static IP routing, RIP version 2, filtering of IP packets (basic firewall functionality), network address translation (NAT) and port address translation (PAT).

It supports auto-install features over the WAN network for both PPP and frame-relay, making it ideally suited for plug-and-play installation at customer premises while the configuration is prepared at a central site.

With a free user-friendly graphical Windows application, the operator can configure not only a local equipment, but also a remotely installed unit by using a simple IP connection.

In addition, the software permits performance monitoring and retrieval of statistics from the equipment.

The unit can also be controlled through a Telnet session or by any SNMP browser.

For larger networks, the router can be managed with a management application running on the HP OpenView management platform.

On this platform, management of the router can be combined with the management of other equipment.