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