DrayTek Vigor 2860 (END OF LIFE - LOOK AT V2862 - DRANET191

The Vigor 2860 series is our new router/firewall which can support either ADSL or VDSL (BT Infinity/FTTC). This makes the Vigor 2860 ideal ideal for users with ADSL now who might upgrade to VDSL later. Alternative WAN ports can insead provide connectivity to Ethenet feeds, secondary xDSL modems or a 3G cellular service using a USB adaptor. This latest router series includes support for professional features such as VLAN tagging and Gigabit Ethernet

Runs on either ADSL or VDSL

The Vigor2860s built in DSL interface will connect to either an ADSL or VDSL line. If you have a second line (of either type) you can add an additional modem (or your existing modem from your other line) to the Vigor2860s Ethernet WAN ports. You can set the two lines up in load balancing mode, where traffic is split across both of them, or into failover mode, where the other DSL line only kicks-in if your primary DSL line fails (or vice versa). ADSL makes a particularly good method of failover for VDSL because they are delivered differently. VDSL service is provided and powered by a cabinet in your street - that\\\'s where the line terminates. ADSL service, on the other hand, comes all the way from your local exchange, which coul be miles away and is powered from there. That means that if your street\\\'s VDSL cabinet is damaged, its DSLAM fails or you lose power to your street, you lose VDSL, but your ADSL line comes via a different method and route, so it\\\'s less likely that both would be affected. These failover methods can also be used instead for the other WAN ports on the router (Ethernet or 3G).

Robust and Comprehensive Firewall

Security is always taken seriously with DrayTek routers. The firewall protects against attacks including DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, IP-based attacks and access by unauthorised remote systems. Ethernet and VPN are also protected by various protection systems. The latest (\\\'Version 3\\\') DrayTek object-based firewall allows even more setup flexibility than ever, enabling you to create combinations of users, rules and restrictions to suit multi-departmental organisations. The Vigor 2860 now also allows selective direction firewall rules of LAN to WAN, WAN to LAN or LAN to VPN. In addition, QoS (Quality of Service Assurance) can now be selectively applied to specific users.

IPv6 - Next Generation Internet Routing

The Vigor 2860 supports IPv6 - the successor to the current IPv4 addressing system that has been used since the Internet was first created. IPv4 address space is full up and IPv6 allows for much more efficient routing and a larger address space. IPv6 is supported both from your own ISP, but if your ISP does not (yet) support IPv6, the Vigor 2860 also supports IPv6 broker/tunnel services to provide IPv6 access using either TSPC or AICCU via 3rd party IPv6 providers. To learn all about IPv6, you can get our detailed guide to IPv6 here.

Operation on any one of the WAN ports (ADSL/VDSL, Ethernet or 3G)

Connectivity to direct native IPv6 ISPs

Built-in tunneling to 3rd party IPv6 brokers

Supporting TSPC or AICCU methods

Default stateful firewall for all IPv6 LAN Clients/Devices

DHCPv6 Client or Static IPv6 Client

DHCPv6 and RADVD for client configuration

IP Filtering Rules

QoS for IPv6 with DiffServ

Router Management over IPv6 (Telnet/HTTP) with IPv6 Access List

Simultaneous (concurrent) operation with IPv4 (\\\"Dual-Stack\\\")

Other router features are available on IPv4 only currently



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