RuggedRouter™ Upgrade and New ROX™ Firmware Release
RuggedCom has released an upgraded version of the RuggedRouter™ Network Router and a new firmware version ROX r1.12.
All new routers ordered and shipped will have new hardware upgrades with ROX version r.12. The new hardware upgrades have a demonstrated throughput performance improvement of 10 times increase over previous versions.
The following summarizes some of the key features in ROX r1.12. Note that this firmware version is compatible with all previous hardware versions of the router.
1. GOOSE Tunnels
The IEC61850 Generic Object Oriented Substation Event (GOOSE) protocol uses Layer 2 multicast frames to distribute its messages and hence, is incapable of operating outside of a switched Ethernet Network. The GOOSE tunnel feature provides a capability to bridge GOOSE frames over a WAN. The RuggedRouter is the only network router on the market that provides intrinsic support for GOOSE Messages.
2. IEEE1588 standard on the PTP card
Enables the IEEE 1588 functionality on RuggedCom’s Precision Time Protocol (PTP) card. This feature compliments the GPS and IRIG-B support.
More information about the PTP Card
3. Link Backup (“Dial-On-Demand/Dial-Backup/Disaster-Recovery” over configured interfaces)
Automatic failover for wide area networks. This feature provides the ability to designate trunks in main backup relationship, raising the backup trunk on failure of the main trunk and lowering it after recovery. The main links can be TE1or DDS while the backup link is a modem. Many “profiles” of dialed numbers can exist (each serving as a distinct backup link)
4. Alert System (“email/trap alerts”)
A system that generates alerts, displaying them locally and/or forward them via email messages and SNMP Traps/Informs. Active alerts are locally displayed and can be cleared manually. Multiple forwarders can be configured, a configurable filter level controls alert forwarding to each forwarder.
5. Web Help Menus
A context sensitive “help” link has been provided from each web management menu. Following the link loads help for that page.
6. Support DHCP on bridged mode ADSL
Customers needing to assign their public interface address from their carrier via DHCP can now do so.
For a full description of the ROX r1.12 release please read the firmware release notes.