Transparent Installation

The EdgeXOS platform is one of the most flexible appliances on the market today. Through its flexibility our customers can configure it to operate in a bridge mode, routed mode, NAT mode, or proxy mode depending on their own network environment and requirements.

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Bridge Mode
The common method of installation is bridge mode, where the existing WAN link is simply bridged so that no changes are required between the LAN gateway and the edge ISP router. With bridge mode a network administrator can insert our appliance in less than 15 minutes with almost no downtime.

How Does It Work

Using transparent proxy to load balance network traffic across two broadband connections without having to make any IP address changes between the firewall and the WAN1 router.

A common scenario is one where the Edge Wan & Internet Load Balancer is installed into an existing network, which can be done via our transparent proxy technology. Using transparent proxy, the Edge Wan & Internet Load Balancer is placed between the existing LAN network (or firewall) and the primary WAN router (see above). The appliance will pass-through traffic to WAN1 with zero address changes.

The WAN2..3..etc connections can then be added to the appliance and network load balancing is done automatically. Initial configuration can be completed in less than 15 minutes.

The Edge platform is well suited for replacing existing firewall devices when performing network load balancing while at the same time increasing overall network security.

Another common deployment is one in which the Edge Wan & Internet Load Balancer is replacing or becoming the firewall for the customer. With a modular enterprise class stateful inspection firewall [ ICSA compliant ], many organizations choose to use the firewall functionality in order to simplify their overall network design.

Additional security modules available include: content filtering (web filtering), intrusion detection and prevention, firewall logging, and DoS protection.

By using static /30 routing or performing NAT both the broadband connections the Edge platform can balance each network connection with creating any potential ARP conflicts.

The Edge Wan & Internet Load Balancer also supports a static routing mode, where either an existing network is split up or an additional subnet is obtained from the WAN1 service provider. In both cases, as with the proxy option above, WAN1 traffic can simply pass-through the appliance with minimal network changes.