Insignia ICE D-20 EC506 manual Overview, Introduction, Product Description, 1.1.2 Features

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ICE D-20 Wireless Broadband Gateway	Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 Product Description

ICE D-20 is a third generation (3G) wireless broadband gateway for household users and small office home office (SOHO) users. With D-20, your terminal device (personal computer) can access the Internet through a code division multiple access (CDMA2000) network.

D-20 provides the following interfaces:

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A high-speed CDMA2000 1x EV-DO interface to the wide area network (WAN) side: used for accessing the 3G broadband radio packet network

Four Ethernet interfaces to the local area network (LAN): for LAN networking A wireless local area network (WLAN) interface (optional)

D-20 enables you to not only create a LAN easily, but also access the Internet through a wireless connection.

As a 3G network terminal, D-20 provides the following functions:

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High-speed 3G network access Perfect HOME/SOHO cable networking Receive diversity and large coverage Built-in DHCP server, DNS Relay and NAT Web-based management and configuration Desktop or wall-mounted installation

AP function for WLAN networking (optional)

1.1.2 Features

D-20 functions between the user terminal devices and the network devices. It provides 3G wireless broadband access by connecting the CDMA2000 1x EV-DO interface with the packet data serving node (PDSN) on the network side. It also provides four local Ethernet interfaces and WLAN interface (optional) for wired/wireless networking. Figure 1-1shows the position of the D-20 in a 3G network.

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