- Fault-tolerant VPN tunnels using multiple ISPs or leased lines
- Cost effective MPLS replacement
- 3G wireless modem support
- VPNC certified for IPsec interoperability
What is VPN?
Virtual Private Network VPN uses the public Internet to establish secure, low-cost network connection between remote offices, business partners and remote users. Continuous office connections are done by connecting firewalls with permanent VPN tunnel while remote users use a VPN client installed in their computers to establish a more temporary VPN tunnel to office resources.Office Connectivity
Connecting Offices with StoneGate Multi-Link VPN
With globally spread business and strained IT budgets, organizations are
increasingly challenged to find cost-effective, yet reliable solutions to provide Internet
connectivity. Traditionally, remote office connections such as leased lines and MPLS have been
either capacity-limited or expensive and rigid.
Virtual private networks (VPNs), however, provide a cost-effective and flexible alternative.
StoneGate VPN is the ideal solution for connecting offices spread around the globe requiring
always-on connectivity. With the possibility to utilize multiple parallel internet
connections simultaneously, the StoneGate solution secures both the availability and integrity of
office-to-office connections. It offers a safely encrypted, highly available, capacity flexible and
cost-effective connectivity solution.
When building a network, a site can be connected with several low-cost DSL connections from different Internet Service Providers (ISP). In practice this means that cost of connection comes down, as instead of one high-cost/high capacity link, the same amount of traffic can be delivered with several low-cost/low-capacity links. This also means redundant connectivity, since if one ISP link fails, traffic is automatically redirected to another operator's remaining links. The possibility of utilizing smart load-sharing functionality and VPN firewall's clustering capabilities ensures maintenance without downtime.
Benefits
- Provides easy way to build secure and fault-tolerant offiice-to-office connections
- Save money since expensive leased lines or MPLS networks are not anymore needed
