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New Buffalo Router Brings Enterprise Performance to the SMB Market
31/10/2007
London, UK, 31 October 2007 – Buffalo Technology has launched the first commercial wireless router to come pre-installed with DD-WRT firmware, providing optimised WLAN features, performance and security to ISPs as well as the SMB and SOHO market, at an affordable price.
The AirStation Wireless-G MIMO Performance Router with DD-WRT (WHR-HP-G54DD) is the first product to come from Buffalo’s partnership with firmware developer NewMedia-NET. Targeted at ISPs, systems integrators and resellers, the new router brings enterprise-level features to the small business market.
It is estimated that one million DD-WRT® based routers are already in use worldwide, however, to date, users have had to install the firmware at their own risk, thereby nullifying the manufacturer’s warranty. The new product is covered by Buffalo’s two-year manufacturer’s warranty and full technical support.
For ISPs, key applications of the Buffalo product include:
• Hot Spot portal that allows authentication and accounting for small businesses that want to provide a Wi-Fi hotspot without being tied into terms and conditions set by major broadband providers. This incorporates the following features:
o Five QoS levels – bulk, standard, express, premium and exempt – in order to guarantee bandwidth for essential applications by prioritising traffic
o Multiple service set identifier (SSID)
o Wi-Fi multimedia (WMM)
o Dynamic DNS
• Mesh networking application, which includes:
o Optimised link state routing (OLSR). This is a table-driven and proactive protocol, which exchanges topology information with other nodes of the network regularly, and therefore computes optimal forwarding paths locally so as to establish mesh networking.
o Wireless distribution system with WPA security to allow interconnection of wireless access points with WPA Wi-Fi protected access security.
o Spanning tree protocol
For resellers and systems integrators, who wish to offer a comprehensive solution to the SOHO and SME market, key applications are:
• Data transfer application, including the following features:
o VPN functionality
o Pass-through feature for IP security
o PPTP protocol support to allow point-to-point VPN connection
o Link aggregation
o WMM
o QoS
o DDNS
• Network divide application through multiple SSIDs
• Wireless IP telephony application, incorporating:
o Beacon period
o DTIM
o 802.11 retry limit
• Management applications, including features such as:
o Remote network status logging for centralised monitoring of system events
o Remote web management via HTTPS
o Remote command line access via SSH
o Support for network management
o Simple web-based backup and restore for easy configuration
o Complete router management via command line, when web access is unavailable or connection throughput is low
o Wake-on LAN functionality
o Options to configure the router as access point or as client
o Access restrictions
o Integrated RFlow/MACupd for centralised traffic monitoring
A full technical specification is provided below.
The AirStation Wireless-G MIMO Performance Router and Access Point with DD-WRT (WHR-HP-G54DD) is priced at £41.70 (excluding VAT) and is available immediately from MicroP and Computer 2000.
Technical specification:
Networking
WAN Configuration Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE (Compression, MPPE), L2TP, STP enable - disable, MAC Address configurable
Routing Modes Gateway (NAT), Dynamic (RIP2, BGP, OLSR), Policy Routing (command line only), Possibility to add routes manually in all modes
Network Bridges Individually configurable, WLAN bridged / non-bridged
NAT Port forwarding, port range forwarding, port triggering, UPnP, DMZ
IPv6 Supported (command line only)
QoS Scheduler HTB/HFSC, uplink / downlink, prioritisation by service, network, MAC address and Ethernet port
WLAN
Frequency Band 2.4 GHz
SSID Channel preamble configurable
Antenna RX / TX antenna selectable
Security WPA/WPA 2 Enterprise / Personal, WEP 64/128, Radius support, 802.1x LEAP/PEAP
MAC-Filter Blacklist / Whitelist
WDS WDS-Mac-Addresses
Security
Firewall SPI
Filters Proxy, Cookies, Java Applets, ActiveX®
Block WAN requests Ping, Multicast, NAT Redirection, Ident (Port 113)
Log Management Log level selectable (Low / Medium / High), optional logging dropped / rejected /accepted connections, separate logging for incoming and outgoing
VPN Passthrough IPSec, PPPTP, L2TP
Access Restrictions Policy deny / allow, configurable time and day dependent, user definable blocking of services
Services
NTP Client Time zone, daylight saving configurable
Dynamic DNS Dyndns.org, freedns.afraid.org, zoneedit.com, no-ip.com, 3322.org, easydns.org, tzo.com
DHCP-Client Vendor class, Request IP
DHCP-Server Used Domains, LAN domain, Static Leases
PPPoE Relay
RFlow MACupd
SNMP SNMP-Read
SSH Server Authorised keys
Syslog Local / remote
Telnet Server
PPPoE Server Remote start IP, remote network IP, deflate / BSD / LZS Stack / MPPC compression, MPPE PPPoE encryption, LCP echo interval / failure, idle time, authentication chap secrets / radius, local user management
PPPTP Client / Server
Hotspot support Sputnik Agent
HTTP Redirect
NoCatSplash
SMTP Redirect
WifiDog
Cron
Keep alive Proxy watch, scheduled reboot, WDS / connection watchog
About Buffalo Technology
Buffalo is a global manufacturer of innovative wireless networking, storage and multimedia solutions for the home and small business environments. The company is recognised as the Number 1 total PC peripheral manufacturer in Japan, and was the worldwide consumer NAS market leader in 2005 and 2006 (In-Stat).
Buffalo's product portfolio includes its award-winning AirStation™ line of easy-to-use, high-performance wireless networking products for SME/SoHo and home users. With industry-leading AOSS™ (AirStation One-Touch Secure System) technology, users can simply build a secure wireless network at home or in the office at the push of a button.
The company's storage solutions are addressing the needs of both the individual and the business, providing a versatile line of USB flash drives, portable and desktop hard drives and cost-effective network attached storage (NAS) solutions. Including its multimedia players, Buffalo is unique in offering integrated WLAN, storage and multimedia solutions for the digital home environment.
Buffalo's strong international industry alliances with companies such as Intel, Broadcom™, Nintendo and Microsoft have allowed it to lead the industry in the development of the latest technologies into practical tools for the business and the home.
Headquartered in Japan, Buffalo Technology has offices in the UK, Ireland, Germany, USA and Taiwan. For more information please visit www.buffalo-technology.com.
Buffalo, Inc. trademark statements. Buffalo is a trademark of Buffalo, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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