Snapgear appliance features – SnapGear 1.7.8 User Manual

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SnapGear appliance features

Software features

• Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall that isolates the LAN from the Internet

and offers network access control and filtering. Usually a simple form of NAT
called masquerading is used.

• DHCP server and client that ensure simple and flexible IP network configuration.

• PPTP VPN server that provides communications to remote users running

standard Windows VPN client software.

• PAP, CHAP, MSCHAPv2, RADIUS and TACACS+ tunnel authentication

(RFC1334, RFC1994).

• Transparent tunnel support for PPTP. IPSec pass through.

• Dial-in remote access with PAP, CHAP, MSCHAPv2, RADIUS and TACACS+

authentication.

• Dial-on-demand for outgoing Internet connections.

• Wizard setup and browser-based management and configuration.

• Flash upgradeable firmware that allows you to download and install the latest

protocols and security software using the web. This option is not available for the
LITE and LITE+ models.

• Connect Windows PCs, Macintoshes, Linux and Unix workstations - basically

anything that talks IP - to the Internet.

Introduction

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