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D-Link Load Balancing Router DRO-210i

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D-Link has recently come out with a load-balancing router for mid-sized

businesses that need a secure router for their WANs, be it for connecting to the

Internet or branch offices. The D-Link DRO-210i has two WAN ports, two LAN

ports, one DMZ and one console port on its rear. And if you don't need a DMZ,

the same port can also be configured as a LAN port. Its key features include

load balancing and auto backup (Fail over Link). Its load-balancing feature lets

you connect two ISP connections on its two WAN ports for load sharing. You can

then configure one connection for your mailand the other for Web browsing. Not

only this, it can also aggregate the dual Internet connections, so that the

total available bandwidth doubles. Its auto-back facility lets you set failover

on dual Internet links. So that, if one Internet connection goes down, the other

one automatically takes control to ensure continuous connectivity. It also

supports NAT (Network Address Translation) for all the combinations of NAT

models such as many-to-many, manyto- one and one-toone. It also supports Virtual

Server (or Port Forwarding), thereby, enabling remote access to the Company's

Servers(HTTP/FTP, etc) from the WAN.

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If you have a VoIP setup, you can use this device to run both Internet and

VoIP on same infrastructure. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is used for VoIP

calls, but it does not work with NATing. Therefore, the device has enabled SIP-ALG

in the router that will ensure that SIP calls can be successfully established,

even when NAT is operating. If you want to provide VPN connectivity to remote

users then DRO-210i has integrated VPN, which can provide a secure connection

between remote users to the office network. On the security front, it has IDS

and firewall capabilities, which are also very easy to configure from its Web

interface. The router is QoS enabled that lets you judiciously use the available

bandwidth on your network. Using this feature, you can set priority for your

critical applications such as VoIP. Tests and results We tested this D-Link

DRO-210i router with various stress tests for load balancing and failover, and

for this we used two 512 MB Internet connections for two different ISPs (Spactranet

and Airtel).

On load balancing, we got the aggregated download speed of 829 MB. Coming to

failover test, the device seamlessly switched between the ISPs. Then, we tested

its firewall capabilities and ran DOS attacks and port scanner on the router.

The router was stable on DOS attack and was able to identify the attack. With

port scanner, we did not find any vulnerable ports either. Bottom Line: Overall,

the D-Link DRO-210i is a good product for load balancing, failover and firewall

needs over WANs.

Price: Rs 42,000



Meant For: Mid-sized businesses Key Specs: Load
balancing, failover, supports VPN, SIP-ALG, firewall



Pros: Lets you share load between two connections, built-in
firewall and IDS Cons: None



Contact: D-Link India, Mumbai, Tel: 30616666 Email :
sales@dlink.co.in



SMS Buy 130581 to 6677


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