Ranch Wireless Security

Ranch  products consolidate an unprecedented set of security and data networking capabilities into a single device. The table below summarizes the capabilities contained in each of our products. The sections below the table describe the primary benefits of each function.

Benefits

 

CAPABILITY	RN40/41	RN20	RN5A	RN5B	RN5C
Physical Inteffaces	10x10/100/1000	12X 10/100	12X 10/100	12X 10/100	12X 10/100
Segmented Network Security	X	X	X	X	X
- Multiple Secure Zones	30	12	5	5	5
- Full Stateful Virtual   Firewalls	870	132	20	20	20
- Physical Zones	X	X	X	X	X
- Virtual Zones	X	X	X	X	X
- Special support for Voice-over-IP	X	X	X	X	X
-Role-based Authentication and Authorization	X	X	X	X	X
- Policy-driven Security-On-Demand	X	X	X	X	X
- Security based on MAC address	X	X	X	X	X
- Deny outgoing connections	X	X	X	X	X
- Interface to Intrusion Detection Systems	X	X	X	X	X
- Port mirroring and Rate Limiting	X	X	X	X	X
Consolidation of multiple devices	X	X	X	X	X
Bandwidth Management	X	X	X	-	X
Load Balancing	X	X	-	X	X
Server Health Monitoring	X	X	-	X	X
Multicasting	X	X	-	-	-
Switching	X	X	X	X	X
Static Routing	X	X	X	X	X
Auto Discovery	X	X	X	X	X
Accounting	X	X	X	X	X
Remote Management (Web-based GUI, SNMP)	X	X	X	X	X

Segmented Network Security
 Multiple Secure Zones

By segmenting a network into Secure Zones an Enterprise can achieve a number of important objectives:
- Allowing only those within a given “area of trust” to have access to restricted information. So for instance, only the Accounting people will have access to the financial applications and data. Only the R&D people will have access to their Intellectual Property.
- Preventing unauthorized access to sensitive areas of the LAN
- Limiting the spread of viruses
- Keep Operating Systems from being scanned or hacked, even if their latest patches have not yet been installed, by stopping intruders before they get to the server.
- Limiting access to the network from Guest Cubicles, Conference Rooms, and Wireless LAN Access Points.
- Meet regulatory requirements for privacy and access control to data
- Decrease the risk of theft or financial fraud

Ranch products provide Virtual Firewalls with full stateful capability between each pair of Secure Zones, resulting in 870 Virtual Firewalls in the RN40 and RN41, 132 Virtual Firewalls in the RN20 (12 Zones) and 20 Virtual Firewalls in the RN5A/B/C (5 Zones).