ToTo findfind outout howhow enterprises,enterprises, operatorsoperators andand serviceservice providersproviders can can buildbuild WirelessWireless solutionssolutions usingusing HoplingHopling TechnologiesTechnologies productsproducts visitvisit www.hopling.comwww.hopling.com or or callcall +31+31 3636 548548 68686868 hopling Technologies Xfire Hopbase - Network Services Manager The Power Behind Wireless Communications Create seamless broadband networks Xfire Hopbase A wireless meshed network based on Hopling HB.01.110 Technologies nodes needs to be connected to at least one broadband Internet connection. User nd llan authentication is performed at the interconnection of Ho the wireless meshed network and the broadband in ade connection. This authentication is necessary because Xfire Hopbase M in principle the wireless meshed network is open to Network Services Manager anyone that is capable of connecting to a standard Hopling Technologies node. To prevent any unauthorized users from using the networks resources, such as browsing the Internet and using FlyerVersion 1.4–December 2005 Mesh Routing Email services, authentication takes place by the A major advantage of Hopling Xfire Hopbase Network Services Manager (Bandwidth Technologies’ Mesh Routing over Controller, Database-, DNS-, Login-, Radius- traditional Point-to-Point links is Security- and VPN-services). Only users which are that each node added to the successfully authenticated can use the network. network enhances the network as Authentication can take place via Radius or through a whole. With the self healing the Hopling Technologies’ “Direct User Control” mesh routing algorithms the protocol. network has no single point of failure, ensuring a reliable VPN server solution wireless seamless connection for your customers. Secure user authentication is performed in two steps: 1) A wireless customer connects to the nearest Hopling Technologies node. 2) The wireless customer opens a VPN tunnel to the Xfire Hopbase at the interconnection point of the wireless and fixed Internet and needs to authenticate. The protocols used for securing the VPN connections are PPP over SSH, IPsec or PPTP. PPTP is default and chosen because PPTP is widely available and standard built into the Microsoft windows operating system from version win95 onwards. Therefore it is possible for customers to simply connect to the network without having to download and install additional VPN packages. The only thing they need to do is configure the standard Microsoft PPTP client. Primary Functions The PPP over SSH, IPsec or PPTP protocols for Linux are compatible with Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003 clients and have the following - Bandwidth controller features : - Database server Operates with Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/2003XP and Linux clients; - DNS server Operates with Apple clients (Mac OS X 10.2 or higher); - Login server - Radius server Operates with clients in external routers. - Security server Building Metropolitan Area Networks - VPN server - Web server If you build wireless meshed networks with Hopling Technologies, you can Additional functions reserve a certain amount of bandwidth per user in a metropolitan area network. If the metropolitan area network is built with the Xnet Mark-I - DHCP server node this bandwidth is 54Mbps. To prevent some customers to use all - Radius Proxy available bandwidth it is possible to restrict the amount of bandwidth - SSH server - NTP (time) server allocated to each customer using the Xfire Hopbase as bandwidth controller. For example it is possible to restrict the bandwidth for each Optional customer to 256Kbps. Burst rates are also supported. Using the burst rate - Enhanced security (IEEE 802.1x) settings it is possible for customers to burst to a higher download rate - SMTP server when they are browsing the internet, but for example file downloads are - POP3 server restricted to a lower rate. Hopling Technologies B.V. | Tel.: +31 36 538 4236 | Fax: +31 36 538 4213 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.hopling.com The Power Behind Wireless Xfire Hopbase - Network Services Manager Communications Wireless metropolitan areas The Xnet Mark-I node can be deployed to create a standalone IP network connecting offices, buildings or individual customers. Every Xnet Mark-I node employs an innovative method for routing IP packets between nodes. It allows these nodes to pass these packets through their neighbors to nodes with which they cannot directly communicate. A Xnet Mark-I node is also able to handle changes in routes and can create new routes if there is an error. Using this mesh mesh routing method you can build out seamless roaming networks as large as you need, even spanning a complete campus or metropolitan area. Internet for corporate customers For corporate users, the Xnet Mark-I node offers safer access capabilities than the usual WEP encryption used in typical wireless solutions. This is implemented by means of wireless VPN tunnels. VPN tunnels also solve rogue access and integrity checking issues through mutual authentication. Further, our product also offers firewall and NAT capabilities. No other wireless router on the market delivers this level of security fully to the network edge, all the while integrating seamlessly with existing network architectures and equipment of your corporate customers. Internet for consumers If you want to take the most out of the Xnet Mark- I node capabilities, you can connect consumers directly to your backbone network by means of inexpensive wireless cards. All that your customers need is an wireless network card inserted into their laptop or desktop PC or a wireless-equipped PDA and they can connect to your network through their native (Apple Mac OS X 10.2 or higher, Linux and Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and 2003) VPN client. Access, integrity checking and bandwidth shaping per customer is handled through the Xfire Hopbase and bandwidth shaper. In this way it is very easy to set up a wireless network in an area. Simply add more Xnet Mark-I nodes to your network when demand increases or when you want to extend the coverage in an area. 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