About the speedstream router, Features and benefits – Efficient Networks SpeedStream 5100 Series User Manual
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SpeedStream Router User Guide
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About the SpeedStream Router
Your SpeedStream router provides high-speed Internet and corporate network access to homes,
networked home offices, and small offices. In addition, if you are working from a branch office, the
router provides a fast and effective means of communicating over a remote LAN with the main office.
The SpeedStream router can also be used to connect the corporate local area network (LAN) to the
Internet over the wide area network (WAN).
Features and Benefits
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Effortless installation via configurable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) integration with an intuitive
graphical user interface (GUI) on UPnP-supported operating systems (Windows ME and XP).
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Intuitive Web-based management interface to simplify operation and support.
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Ethernet connectivity (all models) to the Internet or network through a network interface card (NIC),
providing full 10/100 megabits per second (Mbps) bandwidth to the port.
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USB connectivity (5200, 5500 series) providing added flexibility of connecting your computer via the
Ethernet or USB port.
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Support for G.lite and full-rate DSL ensures compatibility with most DSL networks.
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Multiple computers can share a single DSL connection through the integrated switch ports, each
providing full- or half-duplex data transmission (5400, 5500 series).
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Firewall Security with four conveniently pre-set standard levels of firewall security (Off, Low,
Medium, High), an ICSA-compliant mode, and a custom setting for advanced users.
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Stateful Inspection Firewall that provides many security features such as blocking common hacker
attacks, including IP Spoofing, Land Attack, Ping of Death, IP with zero length, Smurf Attack, UDP
port loopback, Snork Attack, TCP null scan, and TCP SYN flooding.
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Network Address Port Translation (NAPT) and a secure firewall to protect your data while your
computer is connected to the Internet.
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Port Forwarding to provide more flexible management by allowing you to change internal IP
addresses without affecting outside access to your network.
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Virtual Private Network that allows remote users to establish a secure connection to a corporate
network by setting pass-through of the three most commonly used VPN protocols: PPTP, L2TP and
IPSec.