Billion Electric Company 8501 Introduction to your Router, Features, Fast Ethernet Switch

SHDSL VPN Firewall Bridge/Router

Chapter 1: Introduction

Introduction to your Router

Welcome to the Billion BiPAC 8500/8501/8520 SHDSL Router. Your Billion SHDSL router is an “all-in-one” unit, combining an SHDSL modem, SHDSL router and Ethernet network switch, providing everything you need to get the machines on your network connected to the Internet over your SHDSL broadband connection. With features such as an SHDSL Quick-Start wizard and DHCP Server, you can be online in no time at all and with a minimum of fuss and configuration, catering for first-time users to the guru requiring advanced features and control over their Internet connection and network.

Features

SHDSL Multi-Mode Standard

BiPAC 8500 / 8520 SHDSL supports downstream and upstream transmission rates of up to 2.3 / 4.6 Mbps, respectively, and BiPAC 8501 SHDSL.bis can support up to 5.7 Mbps on 2-wire. BiPAC 85xx series also supports rate management that allows SHDSL subscribers to select an Internet access speed suiting their needs and budgets. BiPAC 8500/8520 and 8501 follows ITU standard PAM16 Line Code complies with G.991.2 and G.994.1 standards, and BiPAC 8501 follows PAM 32 Line code with G.991.2 and G.991.2.bis standards. These three models can support Annex A and B operating mode.

Fast Ethernet Switch

A 4-port 10/100Mbps fast Ethernet switch is built in with automatic switching between MDI and MDI-X for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX ports. An Ethernet straight or crossover cable can be used directly for auto detection.

Multi-Protocol to establish a connection

It supports PPPoA (RFC 2364 - PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5), RFC 1483 encapsulation over ATM (bridged or routed), PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516), and IPoA (RFC1577) to establish a connection with the ISP. The product also supports VC-based and LLC-based multiplexing.

Quick Installation Wizard

It supports a WEB GUI page to install this device quickly. With this wizard, end users can enter the information easily which they get from their ISP, then surf the Internet immediately.

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and UPnP NAT Traversal

This protocol is used to enable simple and robust connectivity among stand-alone devices and PCs from many different vendors. It makes network simple and affordable for users. UPnP architecture leverages TCP/IP and the Web to enable seamless proximity networking in addition to control and data transfer among networked devices. With this feature enabled, users can now connect to Net meeting or MSN Messenger seamlessly.

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Allows multi-users to access outside resources such as the Internet simultaneously with one IP address/one Internet access account. Many application layer gateway (ALG) are supported such as web browser, ICQ, FTP, Telnet, E-mail, News, Net2phone, Ping, NetMeeting, IP phone and others.

SOHO Firewall Security with DoS and SPI

Along with the built-in NAT natural firewall feature, the router also provides advanced hacker pattern-filtering protection. It can automatically detect and block Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. The router is built with Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) to determine if a data packet is allowed through the firewall to the private LAN.

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Chapter 1: Introduction