ePipe VPN and Security Family: Software Introduction

ePipe VPN and Security Products:
Introduction to ePipe ServerWare

Introduction to ePipe ServerWare
Using ePipe ServerWare
ePipe ServerWare Feature Sets

Introduction to ePipe ServerWare

The ePipe ServerWare family of products offers scalable dial-up and broadband network gateway solutions for small-medium businesses (SMB)s. ePipe’s in-built feature sets can be easily enabled as your needs change to provide the functionality of a router, packet filtering firewall, VPN gateway concentrator, and modem pool in one cost effective solution. ePipe’s capabilities include:

Shared Internet access for your entire office
Packet filtering firewall, robust security features
Secure Remote Access for mobile clients (PPTP server)
Site to Site VPN using IPSec and ePipe’s patent pending End to End bonding (E2B) protocol
Direct dial access for remote workers, and Site to Site direct dial connections

ePipe ServerWare supports up to 10 serial ports, using Stallion Technologies’ Easy IO and Easy Connection products, that are primarily for connecting external analogue modems or ISDN terminal adapters in order to dial ISPs, other networks or allow direct dial-in from remote networks or mobile workers. ePipe ServerWare also supports up to 8 Ethernet segments, 1 will be connected to the LAN while the other 7 may be used for connecting ADSL modems and routers or cable modems to the Internet.

Up to 10 modem or ISDN Internet connections or up to 7 ADSL connections can be bundled into a secure VPN tunnel connecting remote sites through the Internet using ePipe’s unique End-to-End Bonding (E2B). This technology requires the use of ePipe products at both ends of the VPN tunnel.

The Internet connections can also be used for standard Internet-based applications such as web browsing, e-mail, file downloads, etc, using ePipe ServerWare’s Intelligent Internet Bonding (I2B). ePipe ServerWare is an access router, firewall, VPN gateway and bandwidth aggregator in one device. It is all your office needs to get Internet-connected and exploit the wide range of e-business technologies.

ePipe ServerWare is available as Concentrator 10, Concentrator 50, Concentrator 150 and Concentrator 500 models. The Concentrator model number (10, 50, 150 & 500) denotes the number of IPSec tunnels that the software can establish. For example, ePipe ServerWare Concentrator 10 can establish 10 IPSec tunnels, ePipe ServerWare Concentrator 50 can establish 50 IPSec tunnels, etc. The IPSec tunnels may be either Client or Server tunnels.

The Ethernet ports used by ePipe ServerWare may be configured to provide Demilitarised Zones (DMZs) or to establish a flexible array of bandwidth and access control configurations.

ePipe ServerWare’s serial ports can also be used to connect other serial devices to your LAN, including terminals, printers, POS devices, industrial devices, instruments, etc. These serial ports can operate at speeds up to 230 Kbps.

Using ePipe ServerWare

Installation and maintenance is simplified through a browser based configuration tool that is common across the ePipe product range. The ePipe Management Assistant provides a friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI), which allows you to easily configure, monitor and tune your site’s Internet or VPN access from any PC on your LAN. It enables you to easily configure Feature Sets within ePipe ServerWare, as you need them. Guided setup wizards take the mystery out of getting your PCs, modems and ISP accounts to work in tandem with ePipe ServerWare so that you can quickly connect your LAN to the Internet, remote offices or mobile workers. Advanced setup allows networking engineers to configure more complex access scenarios with relative ease.

ePipe ServerWare Feature Sets

As your organization’s needs change, you can make greater use of ePipe’s functionality by utilising ePipe ServerWare’s built-in Feature Sets. The Feature Sets are activated by default in the ePipe ServerWare Concentrator products (the features are optional in the ePipe 2000 hardware products).

To accelerate migration of your private LAN to an e-business network, ePipe ServerWare’s feature sets provide the following functionality:-

ePipe Feature Table	ePipe ServerWare Models
	Concentrator 10	Concentrator 50	Concentrator 150	Concentrator 500
Feature Sets:-
Standard - Shared Internet Access (SIA)
Standard - Secure Remote Access (SRA)
Standard - Site to Site VPN (SSV)
Standard - Direct Connection Services (DCS)
Capabilities:-
Connect to Internet with I2B
Packet Filtering
Network Address Translation (NAT) & Port Address Translation (PAT)
PPTP Server
IPSec Security Gateway with E2B
Direct Dial In PPP
Direct Dial on Demand
Modem Pooling

LAN Speed (Mbits/sec)	10/100	10/100	10/100	10/100
LAN Segments	Up to 8	Up to 8	Up to 8	Up to 8
Serial ports for external modems / ISDN Terminal Adapters (T/As) in addition to COM1 and COM2	Up to 8 using Stallion Technologies Easy IO	Up to 8 using Stallion Technologies Easy IO	Up to 8 using Stallion Technologies Easy IO	Up to 8 using Stallion Technologies Easy IO
Connect to Cable/xDSL Modem or Access Router

VPN Capabilities:-
Maximum number of active IPSec connections	10	50	150	500
Maximum number of configured IPSec connections	20	100	300	1000
Maximum number of active remote user PPTP connections	32	32	32	32
System Requirements:-
Minimum CPU	Pentium III 400MHz	Pentium III 700MHz	Pentium III 700MHz	Pentium III 700MHz
Minimum RAM	64MB	64MB	128MB	256MB

Associated Links:-

ePipe Key Networking Concepts

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ePipe VPN and Security Products: Introduction to ePipe ServerWare

Introduction to ePipe ServerWare

Using ePipe ServerWare

ePipe ServerWare Feature Sets

ePipe VPN and Security Products:
Introduction to ePipe ServerWare