Dulles,
VA October 9, 2007 –In response to customer
need for advanced cyber security solutions
that perform reliably under harsh environmental
conditions and also provide advanced networking
features expected in corporate offices,
Encore Networks today announced the BANDIT-II™,
a rugged IP+Legacy router with high-speed,
low-latency EVDO capabilities.
As a more compact version of the previously
announced BANDIT-III™, Encore’s environmentally
hardened router designed for SCADA and
other rugged network environments; the
BANDIT-II™ is a fully featured integrated
router complete with firewall, terminal
server, serial-to-IP conversion, legacy-to-IP
conversion and VPN functionalities. The
EVDO capabilities of the BANDIT-II™ can
be utilized in either the primary or
failover network port. The seamless cellular
failover feature is ideally suited for
Disaster Recovery applications.
Designed for use in harsh environments
such as those found in gas, oil and water/waste
operations, power distribution substations,
refineries, industrial plant floors,
mobile transportation and traffic control
applications, the BANDIT-II™ ensures
secure, high throughput data networking
connections directly to cellular, VSAT
or terrestrial networks. The BANDIT-II™
supports private or public digital facilities,
MPLS-based IP services and other broadband
services including DSL, Cable Modem,
Metro Ethernet and Fiber.
“Requirements for secure, critical infrastructure
networks have become a national issue
of paramount importance”, stated Peter
Madsen, President and CEO of Encore Networks.
“The BANDIT II reinforces our commitment
to provide communications solutions with
a number of options for advanced network
infrastructure in the most demanding
environments.”
BANDIT-II™ Summary:
- Compact footprint
and ruggedized to withstand harsh physical
environments
- Operating temperature
range of -40°C to 85°C without fans
or open venting
- Cellular connectivity
for primary, load sharing, back-up
or out-of-band management support
- Designed
to meet NERC compliance • Host Site
Diversification for Disaster Recovery
- Supports IP voice
and data for Teleworking applications
- RoHS compliant • Supports both
AC and DC power inputs
- 2 Ethernet ports,
1 serial port for legacy traffic plus
one serial port for management
- Manageability
(SNMP/Telnet Remote Monitoring and
Configuration)
- Available in industrially hardened
and commercial grade versions
- IP router,
firewall, IPsec VPN appliance and protocol
converter
- Selective Layer Encryption
(SLE) for enhanced VPN over satellite/cellular
and other broadband networks
- Layer
3 Support of Quality of Service (QoS),
Type of Service (ToS)
- Multi-network
connectivity over any network including
IP, DSL, Cable Modem, Metro Ethernet,
Fiber, cellular and VSAT
- Supports EV-DO
Revision A (EV-DO Rev. A) wireless
technology
- Real-Time Notification (SNMP) •
Centralized management of Upgrades
- Extensive support
of serial protocols (Async, Sync, Bisync
and other bit oriented protocols)
- Protocol
Spoofing • Packet Level Diagnostics
• Device Management & Control
- Enables
seamless migration from legacy multi-drop
leased/radio networks to IP networks
BANDIT-II™ Data Sheet |
