Draytek Vigor 2600i ADSL ISDN Router Firewall

The Vigor2600i model offers all of the same facilities as the standard Vigor2600plus model but has an ISDN interface in addition to ADSL. This can connect to any ISDN2e or BT Highway/Midband line. The ISDN interface provides dial-backup in the event of your main ADSL connection being interrupted. Alternatively, the ISDN interface can be used on its own (as your main Internet connection) if you do not have a broadband feed to connect to the Vigor2600. When operating on ISDN, the Vigor2600i can be used both for shared Internet access and direct-dial ISDN LAN-to-LAN Wide Area Networking (dial in teleworkers or dial-in/out branch links) at the same time (one function on each B channel).

Ethernet WAN Interface
The primary ‘WAN’ interface (the connection to the outside world) is 10/100BaseT ethernet. This can connect to any Ethernet based router IP or Internet feed which might typically be fed via Leased Line, cable modem, ADSL, Satellite system – anything which is then terminated in Ethernet. A secondary WAN port (Vigor2600i/Vigor2900Gi only) provides an ISDN BRI interface, compatible with BT Highway/Midband or ISDN2e which can be used as the main (only) WAN interface or as a backup to the primary WAN interface in the case of broadband failure.

High Performance VPN
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a method for using a public network (Internet) to carry private data between offices or from teleworkers to office. The Vigor2600i can act as a VPN concentrator (endpoint) for up to 16 remote sites – i.e. running 16 simultaneous tunnels to remote locations; either single teleworkers or remote networks/offices. The VPNs use induststry standard protocols including IPSec, PPTP and with high level encryption including 3DES, AES and MPPE. Cross compatibility with with common Microsoft Windows and MacOS VPN software clients is supported as well as compatibility with many other 3rd party VPN vendor’s products, including Cisco Pix, Nokia, Sonicwall, Checkpoint, ZyWall and Watchguard. For more details on VPN, see DrayTek VPN.

Vigor2600i Enhanced Firewall
The Vigor2600i includes full packet-level firewall facilities, not just the inherrent ‘NAT’ security and port-blocking of other routers. The router also employs keep-state packet recording; put simply, this means that when a packet is sent out, a reciprocal record is kept to allow a packet coming back in the opposite direction, but a default ‘deny’ policy means that any packet arriving which appears unsolicited won’t get through. The Vigor2600i series also features automatic selectable protection from Dos/DDos (Denial of Service/Distributed Denial of Service) attacks and IP anti-spoofing. User-definable filters also allow you to add additional protection to your connection. For added confidence, potential or foiled attacks are logged and can be reported via the router’s syslog facility or emailed to you by the router.