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Applications overview
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IPLink 2800 Series Getting Started Guide
1 • General information
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For LED descriptions, refer to chapter 9,
Applications overview
Patton’s IPLink managed VPN routers deliver the features you need for secure, optimized communication over
non-secured IP networks. Combining VPN tunneling, standard IPSec encryption, and firewall capabilities
with Patton’s powerful quality of service technology, IPLink VPN routers deliver private, prioritized networking
for business, government, and military applications.
Banking, insurance, retail, utilities, railroads, or government, any organization with more than one site can
benefit from the security and traffic-shaping advantages of the IPLink family of VPN routers. As traffic
traverses unsecured networks, VPN tunneling with standard IPSec encryption plus firewall capabilities preserve
data security and integrity. Meanwhile, IPLink’s ToS/Qos traffic-shaping and prioritization prevent critical
information getting blocked or impeded by less important traffic while enhancing the quality of real-time
applications such as voice and video.
IPLink 2800 Series Serial WAN models provide dual 10/100Base-T Ethernet ports with a selection of various
synchronous serial WAN ports: V.35, X.21, or T1/E1. The two Ethernet ports provide full-featured IP routing
plus Ethernet and IP-layer QoS services. The sync-serial port provides WAN access by means of a leased-line
connection to the network. IPLink 2800 Series Ethernet WAN models provide one or four Ethernet LAN ports
in addition to the Ethernet WAN interface. The following sections show some typical applications for the
IPLink 2800 Series.
This chapter describes typical applications for which the IPLink 2800 Series series is uniquely suited.
Branch-Office virtual private network over Frame Relay service
Featuring VPN tunneling combined with built-in frame-relay support and a selection of standard serial inter-
faces on-board, the IPLink 2800 Series offers the remote-branch office a secure, private and prioritized network
connection to another location over virtually any available network service and any standard WAN interface.
Figure 6. Branch-office virtual private network over a Frame-Relay service network
shows a branch-to-branch VPN connection through a frame-relay service network as delivered on
serial lines. The IPLink 2800 Series can support a similar scenario with network service delivered via V.35 or
X.21 serial interfaces, or an Ethernet WAN interface. For remote sites where PPP service is available, the 2800
Series also supports PPP network access over all the standard WAN interface options mentioned above.
Summary of Contents for IPLink 2821
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