NB1600-Wireline - VPN Server, Industrial Firewall, Device Server

The NB1600-Wireline is the best choice for lan-lan communication and acts as device server, industrial firewall, VPN-router, protocol converter, I/O-module or simple IPC.

The NB1600-Wireline industrial firewall function separates the local network from the factory lan and allows the connection of a system to a central server using only one VPN connection. Using TCP port 80 for the VPN allows passing most firewalls in a factory or on customer side.

Configured as VPN-Router up to 10 VPN connections can be terminated in the device. All configurations and keys can be generated with the NetBox using the powerful web interface.

In its role as device server the NetBox can convert both the serial as well as the USB interface to IP to enable remote access to the interface. Any PC which has IP connection to the NetBox can use the remote USB or RS-232 device as if it were directly connected. This allows the use of the original driver will be made possible.

The digital I/O can be configured and programmed by any device which is di-rectly attached or from remote. Based on the state change of the input ports an application can be informed, the behavior of the NetBox can be.

Using the NetBox SDK a user can program the NB1600 using a simple script to implement all kind of applications. Preprocessing can be done directly on the router, which can save an additional IPC.

Other features and services are DHCP server, DNS proxy, Dynamic DNS Agent, SNMP agent, Telnet server, SSH server, Web server and e-mail and SMS. The in-strument is operated by the Web Manager or via command line.

Firmware update can be easily be performed from remote in a fail safe manner as well configuration update. With the SNMP interface the NetBox can integrated in a network management system for supervision.