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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought the following may be of interest to most
users on both lists, I received this info in a email earlier today and will post
more details when available :-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A Wireless CPE supplier is about to release this
new a AP and CPE software product that I think is going to impress most people
that try it :) First and for most THIS IS NOT LINUX!!!! :) they want to make
sure everyone know this right from the start! The NOS was developed from the
ground up with one thing in mind, Networking! The Network Operating System (or
NOS) turns a common PC hardware based devices with at least two supported
network interfaces into fully manageable multiport network device. Part of the
package is a Windows based NMS - management software for remote on-line
monitoring and management. The system is one of the first all-in one
multipurpose network administering and management suite: </DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Top speed and efficiency
(NOS can run on a 386!!! Full feature NOS is 801k)</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Continuous network
monitoring with selectable alarm levels</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Graphical network traffic
trend analysis down to node level </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Uninterrupted network
history logging </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Wide scale security
filtering</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>User management</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Support for variety of
wireless and wired Interfaces <BR><BR>NOS (Network Operating System) </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Ad-hoc, Point-to-Point
and Point-to-Multipoint, per interface</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Infrastructure mode -
client, per interface</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Infrastructure mode -
Access Point, per interface</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Bridging: </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>transparent
bridging</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Level 2, store and
forward</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>up to 2048 MAC
addresses, stored in bridge table</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Storm Broadcast
Protection</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Bridge Group Manager
- up to 7 logical groups per port (VLAN)</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Packet filtering on
MAC level</FONT> </LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Routing: </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Level 3, static
routing tables</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>up to 64 routing
records</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Available for
physical and logical interfaces</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Packet filtering on
IP level</FONT> </LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Bandwidth Management
/IP/Port/MAC access authorization (Firewall): </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>128 Traffic shaping
queues </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>predefined queue
speed limit (from 32 Kbps up to 4096 Kbps)</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>custom definable
queue speed limit </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>queue
assignment</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>physical port (up
to 24 ports in one device) </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>IP address (up to
128 user definable records of IP hosts and/or network addresses) </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>MAC address (up to
2048 MAC addresses)</FONT> </LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Status </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Active – running
based on the settings </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Inactive – keeps
settings – queue in BYPASS mode</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Discard – settings
in Active mode – data will be blocked (discarded) for user</FONT>
</LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Quality of Service
(on the physical port level)</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Three (3) data flow
priority queues</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Transmitted packets
data prioritization (512 KB buffer, 256 packets entries per queue)</FONT>
</LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Device Time
Synchronization: </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Automatic
Synchronization </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Manual</FONT>
</LI></UL></LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>HW Support combination of
(for up to 6 interfaces per device): </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Multiple wireless
interfaces: </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Demarc 100mW (Prism 2
compatible)</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Orinoco</FONT>
</LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Multiple Ethernet
interfaces: </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>3C509: 3COM</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>SMC: SMC8x16</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>NE2000
(RTL8139)</FONT> </LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Multiple Synchronous
interface: </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X.21; V.35
(MOXA)</FONT> </LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Multiple Asynchronous
interface: </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>UART 16450, 16550
(Com 1 and 2)</FONT> </LI></UL></LI></UL></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=4><B>NMS</B></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> (Network Management System)Software
application (Windows 32-bit) providing ability to manage the NOS based devices
remotely over the TCP/IP network. Supports setup and monitoring of the devices
with the ability to display information for data flow, status of the devices,
event logging, and more. Setup allows user to set all important hardware and
software parameters of the device. Shortly We will have a fully functional demo
downloadable and documentation from our website in the few days. We will be
sending out another email with the link info when the web pages are setup for
the public.</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>