A robust network security solution that unifies layers of defense and response mechanisms with centralized management can provide increased protection against blended threats. The SnapGear™ model SG580 is a feature-rich, compact, network security appliance, which consolidates firewall, sophisticated intrusion-prevention, secure VPN access, anti-SPAM, and Web content filtering on a single device. This reduces the complexity of network security deployments while lowering administration and maintenance requirements.

The SG580 is well suited to protecting central offices of small to mid-sized enterprises as well as branch offices of large enterprises. It enables offices to easily and safely connect their network of desktops, notebooks, PDAs, web and applications servers to the Internet via business- and consumer-grade broadband, dedicated circuits from T-1 to T-3 or narrow-band connections (modem/ISDN). The SnapGear SG580 provides connectivity and security features normally found only in enterprise-class solutions. With the inclusion of five Fast Ethernet ports, link fail-over and Internet session load balancing as well as multiple security zones (VLANs), the SG580 can be deployed in a myriad of environments.

Should the primary broadband connection fail, the SG580 can fail over to a secondary link. Internet traffic can be balanced between links, increasing bandwidth for faster web page delivery and more concurrent downloads. Should there be a complete broadband failure, the built-in dial-up connection can be invoked automatically. To further enhance web performance and reduce WAN bandwidth, the SG580 has a built-in Web proxy cache.