VPN Router
Connect your remote offices through a VPN router service available from Wireless Dimensions. The VPN router can be described as the technology that makes it possible to run a Virtual Private Network over the Internet.
The Virtual Private Network is technology used to connect offices across a large geographical area by making use of the existing telecommunications and public networks such as the Internet. An ISP such as Wireless Dimensions provides such a service and the VPN router. It is a far more cost effective method for gaining the same functionality as a WAN or Wide Area Network.
Disadvantages of the traditional WAN
Historically companies that wanted to connect their home office workers and remote offices to their resources such as an accounting database or confidential information had to obtain leased lines, install cabling and create a specific network setup to accommodate this. It was extremely expensive and did not provide the scalability possible through the use of a VPN router and thus Virtual Private Networks. Many people had to be employed to maintain the networks and special routers were needed. If new computers needed to be added, network configuration changes had to be made and in many cases, additional lines had to be rented.
Expansion possibilities were thus limited and extremely expensive. Now it is possible to expand the company network across the country at a fraction of the cost of leased lines. More functionality is offered since the public network through the Internet is always available with the same degree of security and privacy. Video conferencing, sharing of folders, accessing of databases and shared printing can now all be obtained through the facilities offered by Wireless Dimensions.
With more than 99.9% uptime of the servers, 365 days monitoring there off and a high level of support as well as security, your best option for connecting your workers, branches and clients to your company’s resources is through a Virtual Private Network.
Levels of security offered
The built-in firewall and security features of the VPN router ensure a secure environment for communication on the Internet. The secure tunnels provided for transmission of data ensure that outsiders cannot see what has been transmitted and cannot decipher the data without the encryption keys. This also means that data transmitted will not be corrupted along the way.
The VPN facilitates mobility since standard based user authentication and data encryption in combination with IP encapsulation are used to secure the tunnels and data against unauthorized access. This is ideal for the wireless connectivity required in the digital business environment of today. This makes it possible for mobile workers to roam across IP networks between wireless coverage locations without disconnection from the Virtual Private Network sessions. This is ideal for rescue workers, sales people, and traffic control officers who travel between the towers responsible for the signals.
The facilities offered by Wireless Dimensions guarantee a secure environment over the public network for communication, made possible through cryptographic tunneling, spoofing, and packet sniff blocking, user authentication, blocking of unauthorized access attempts, while keeping the message integrity in tact. IP encapsulation is also used for additional levels of security.
One or more of several network protocols can be employed according the network, security and client needs including PPTP, SOCKS, and IPSec.
Main benefits
- More cost effective than normal routed networks
- Quick linking of business offices and mobile employees
- Full customization of security and privacy levels as well as functionality.
- Easy scalable to meet expansion demands.
How does it work?
VPN router and network software is required. The setup can also be done through wireless communication solutions to the local access points provided by Wireless Dimensions.
Whether you have a LAN and want to connect to another LAN, have a large enterprise and need to be connected to your remote offices, or have a small home office setup and need to connect to your main office, you will benefit from the Virtual Private Network and the VPN router facility offered by Wireless Dimensions.
