-- Nexland ISB SOHO
-- Price: ~ $159.00
USD
-- 04.04.2002
-- By: brutal
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With more and more people getting broadband Internet connections at home, there is a surge in the
market of networking products aimed at this niche. For the
last few years the major players have been Netgear and Linksys. What
they offer is a simple-to-configure home Gateway / Router, which
allows someone to simply take the Ethernet cable from the modem and
attach it to a wan port. Once connected, you were able to share an
internet connection with 1, 4, or 8 machines by simply plugging in
your computer into on of the available LAN ports. You'd then have
internet, email or any kind other kind of network access. The
downside to these Gateway / Routers is that the feature list is very
limited and if you wanted to host a game or an ftp server you would
have to overcome the NAT firewall with port forwarding, which
usually isn't in a beginners skill set. NexLand has brought a
product to market that is the next evolutionary step in home
networking, bringing features that you see in a corporate
environment like a DMZ feature, advanced firewall features, and DNS.
They have provided us with an ISB (Internet
Sharing Box) SOHO
with the following features:
• NAPT Firewall to Protect your Computers
• High Speed 4-Port 10/100 Switch with Duplex (200Mb)
• Over 8MB Bi-Directional Throughput for Blazing Speed
• Supports up to 253 Computers
• Single Session IPsec Pass-Through
• Supports PPPoE
• Excellent Internet application compatibility
• Solid Reliability of Nexland Technology... No Freezes!
• CAT5 Cable Included ($15 value)
• 5 Year Warranty & 30-Day Money Back Guarantee
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Now lets take a look at the Nexland ISB SOHO,
first the front and rear of the box.
The back of the box has a nice diagram of
typical installation, what you need, and product specifications. The
contents are: ISB SOHO, 1 6.5' Cat5 Ethernet cable, 9v power
adapter, CDrom with Internet Explorer 5.5, manual and help files, a
fold out quickstart guide, and a user's guide.
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