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Dax DX-2801 Router

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PCQ Bureau
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Dax DX-2801 is an all-in-one enterprise class router that

can connect your multiple remote offices over a public network.  It

supports all the latest standards and protocols in order to serve voice, dynamic

routing, security, network management, bandwidth sharing and video in order to

meet the requirements of multiple application needs.

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Dax DX-2801 Router 
Price:

Rs 109, 220 (3-yrs warranty)
Meant For:

Enterprise users
Key Specs:

Security integrated router with 2 10/100 ports, 4 NM slots, 1 console port, 8 MB and 128 MB SDRAM and built-in hardware IPSEC

DES/3DES/AES 
Pros:

Network slots are module in nature
Cons:

No Web interface for configuration
Contact:

Dax Networks, Chennai. Tel: 24323558. E-mail: sk@daxnetworks.com 



RQS# E52 or SMS 131252 to 9811800601

The device is powered by a 266 MHz processor, 128 MB SDRAM

upgradeable to 256 MB, 8 MB flash memory that's upgradeable to 72 MB. The

device has four network modules, in which two are Ethernet fixed ports and one

serial (Sync/Async) ISDN BRI U Fast Ethernet module that connects to your ISDN

line. To manage and configure the device, it has one console port that can be

directly connected to a PC's RS232 port. The device can also interconnect

offices on an Ethernet-based ADSL connection. The router offers VPN

functionality that has support for Standard and extended ACLs, TACACS, RADIUS,

NAT, IP packet filtering, L2TP and GRE functionality, this gives you a secure

VPN tunnel into your organization network. It also has authorization and

accounting parameters (PAP/CHAP, TACACS, and RADIUS). For advanced security, it

supports Encryption (40-bit and 56-bit pay load) and IPSec DES/3DES/AES.

The device supports almost all routing products in the

market and also supports an array of industry standard IP-routing protocols. On

the QoS front, the router uses queue management and scheduling techniques such

as PQ, FIFO and WFQ to provide guaranteed bandwidth to your running network

services. Bandwidth optimization is another key feature of this device; it

includes DDR (dial-on-demand routing), BOD (bandwidth-on-demand ), compression

and filtering to reduce WAN bandwidth cost. To check the performance, we tested

this router between two physical networks over an IP network where both were

connected via a 100 Mbps switch. Then we ran NetIQ's Qcheck to measure its

sustained throughput data transfer, streaming rate and response time. The router

gave us a sustained throughput of 67 Mbps on transferring 1000 kBytes of payload

from one end to another. Its response time was 1ms. In the streaming test the

router gave 997.24 Kbps with 1000  Kbps streaming data payload. There was

0% data loss in the process. Going by the scores, the device did very well in

our tests.

Bottom Line: If you're looking for a feature-rich

router, this is a good choice.

Sanjay Majumder



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