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RFI Engineering Adds VPN Feature to Smart Data Routers
Almere, June 21, 2010
RFI Engineering, a leading manufacturer of smart data solutions,
intelligent port controllers and remote
management accessories, recognizing the vast and growing potential
of programmable intelligent data solutions for the M2M market,
today announced that it has added industry-standard VPN tunneling
to its smart data router product-line.
Currently, the smart data router product-line consists of the
G-router (GSM/GRPS) and the C-router (CDMA/CDMA1x). The smart data
routers are designed as an intelligent wireless data transmitter,
including event monitoring and reporting from monitored equipment,
which can be effectively deployed in sensor networks, smart metering
and monitoring applications.
Smart data routers, such as the G-router and the C-router are able to
set up a packet oriented data connection to the Internet using GPRS
or CDMA1x. Most data connections offered by mobile operators are
Internet centric, meaning they are to be used for Internet access.
The smart data router is able to establish a connection to the Internet,
but the device itself is hidden behind the Internet gateway of the network
operator. This means that the data router itself can not be reached from
the public Internet.
A solution is to establish a VPN tunnel between each smart data router and
the customer’s VPN server. For this purpose, L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol)
VPN client support has been added to the feature set of the G-router and
C-router. Customers can access the C-router or G-router directly, using their
own L2TP VPN server.
"By adding a VPN client to our flagship product the G-router and
the recently announced C-router, we have equipped our smart data routers
with the possibility of establishing a secure VPN connection to a
central VPN router, which offers customers a competitive edge by providing
high-grade network security and reducing their total cost of ownership"
says Peter Calis, CEO of RFI Engineering.
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