Compact VPN appliance - Security appliances and VPNs - Advantech Network Computing FWA-230 - Brief Article - Product Announcement

The FWA-230 is a VPN/security appliance with three 10/100 Mbps autosensing Fast Ethernet ports in the front panel for WAN, LAN and DMZ connections. Also on the front panel is a nine-pin, RS-232 serial port for local system management, maintenance and diagnostics. The unit is preinstalled with the hardened Linux operating system and the latest Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 SmallOffice software. Accessible through a removable cover, a 128-MB compact flash card is used to avoid any potential service disruption caused by a hard disk's mechanical/magnetic failures. Each FWA-230 is equipped with a 566-MHz Intel Celeron processor, 128-MB PC-133/100 SDRAM, and an optional slim-type 2.5", 9.5 mm IDE HDD for storing event log and user data, all housed in a 8.8"x1.5"x6.7" desktop chassis.--Advantech Network Computing