SMPL-Route

Today we will cover some of the options and features available on the SMPL-Route appliance group. This appliance comes in a number of flavors including:

• SMPL-Route - Enterprise class router/firewall
• SMPL-Route-CF Content Filter Gateway
• SMPL-Route-VPN - VPN Gateway
• SMPL-Route-MW - Wireless Mesh Router
• SMPL-Route-LRW - Long Range Wifi Bridge(1-25 miles)

Each product is custom designed around its particular purpose, using optimal hardware and software for its end purpose. These appliances are driven by open source software powered by Linux or BSD Unix platforms for the highest levels of stability and feature sets.

The base SMPL-Route includes features such as:

• Nat Firewall with 100,000 States
• Up to 256 interfaces per system
• Max 4096 firewall/NAT rules
• Firewall rules independant of NAT Rules
• Reverse Outbound NAT
• SSL VPN
• PPTP VPN
• IPSEC VPN
• Software and Hardware VPN clients/peers
• VLAN and VLAN Routing/Switching
• Multi-WAN Load balancing
• Multi-WAN Failover
• Dynamic DNS
• Traffic Shaping to ensure bandwidth to the desired services (ie VOIP)
• QOS
• Customizable Views
• Real time service and traffic reports
• Basic spam filtering (product like ORF is better recommended for Exchange server)
• Bridging (ie wifi bridge)
• Supports most major routing protocols
• Based on FreeBSD Unix

SMPL-Route-CF is a content filtering gateway that can be used as a router as well, while it lacks some of the features of the standard SMPL-Route, the two can be used in unison to provide an unmatched routing and filtering solution. It provides all of the features found on popular commercial products like Sonicwall and Watchguard, with one key differentiating factor - no annual support contract or update contract required. Some of the features include:

• Web filtering - category based, or static site lists
• Phishing filter
• Active X Filter
• Virus scanning at the gateway (before it hits your PC)
• Spam filtering with per-user quarentine
• By-pass login
• Very concise per-user reports to show who 'problem' users might be
• Based on Debian Linux

SMPL-Route-MW is a mesh wifi product aimed at providing backbone connectivity to large campuses or rural areas where hardwired access is difficult to find. Some features include:

• Multiple Radios to dedicate channels or frequencies
• 2.4 ghz
• 5 ghz
• 900 mhz
• Self healing - when a unit fails other nearby nodes connect to rebuild the routes
• VLANs
• Multiple internet gateways
• QOS
• Linux OS

SMPL-Route-LRW provides Long Range Wireless bridging to give connectivity to sites that are difficult to provide hard wired connections. This is industrial strength wifi that can span up to a 25 mile distance with near wire speed throughput. Features include:

• Multiple Radios to dedicate channels or frequencies
• 2.4 ghz
• 5 ghz
• 900 mhz
• VLANs
• QOS
• 108 mb Turbo bandwidth
• Linux OS

All of these products have been selected for their robust feature sets, often found on far more pricier commercial products. Since they are based on Open Source, some of them provide features that commercial products just have not caught up to yet, making them the logical choice on which to build your network.

For more information about the SMPL Appliances please see the contact page on our website.