Introduction To Dro-250I; Overview - D-Link DRO-250i User Manual

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Introduction to DRO-250i

INTRODUCTION TO DRO-250i

Nowadays LAN, WAN and Internet connectivity are becoming the

common currency for business. Intranets and Internet are carrying a

growing percentage of business transactions for data & voice

communication. For SOHO businesses and enterprise branch offices

interconnecting the company, Intranet and

Internet is becoming a

competitive necessity. Such enterprise businesses also require solutions

that provide reliable, secure and high-performance access to their private

WANs and the Internet with flexibility to upgrade to new services easily

in the near future. Service providers are interested in meeting this demand

for new network services to capitalize on opportunities with the growing

SOHO & enterprise market.

D-Link's DRO-250i Router is designed for small and medium enterprises.

It has 1 LAN port and 4 WAN ports.

The supported WAN Ports are:

- 2 Mbps V.35 interface.

- 64/128kbps ISDN Leased/Dialup interface.

- Ethernet/PPPoE WAN (re-configurable as DMZ) interface.

- Aux port

It supports Manual and Automatic Back-Up feature. When a primary

interface goes down all the traffic can be redirected through the configured

backup interface.

DRO-250i Router is targeted for low cost market in SOHO segment. This

router uses XScale architecture (ARM core with NPEs) from INTEL

(IXP425). The hardware is designed with 5 Interfaces (V.35, LAN, ISDN,

& WAN3/DMZ, Aux Port). Any interface can be made as primary WAN

interface. Similarly any interface can be made as backup WAN interface.

For example V.35 is used as Primary interface for WAN connectivity

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