Multi-Tech unveils cellular routers

MINNEAPOLIS, USA: Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., data communications technology company, based in suburban Minneapolis, is announcing new products that enable secure management and control of remote devices using EDGE or CDMA cellular communications. The new RF825 series cellular-based industrial routers are part of the Multi-Tech RouteFinder Internet Security Appliance family.

They are industrial security devices for companies that need secure M2M communication over cellular networks. Using the new RF825 routers, M2M applications can control and manage multiple devices over a single cellular connection with the added security of using Virtual Private Network (VPN) communications.

"We've married our wireless modems with our routers to address customers' needs for secure communications in M2M environments," states Dan Nelson Vice-President of Sales, North America for Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. "The RF825 series RouteFinder allows multiple remote devices to be managed over a single VPN secured cellular connection. The devices can be Ethernet wired or connected via an optional integrated Wi-Fi access point."

The new RouteFinder RF825 Internet Security Appliances feature 15 IPSec or PPTP VPN tunnels, EDGE or CDMA integral modems, strong 3DES and AES encryption, optional 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, built-in 4-port 10/100M bps switch, stateful Packet Inspection firewall, built-in dynamic DNS client, protection against Denial of Service (Dos) attacks and Internet access control tools providing client and site filtering.

Multi-Tech Systems is an ISO 9001:2000 certified global manufacturer of telephony, Internet and device networking products connecting voice and data over IP networks. Multi-Tech Systems has 75 U.S. patents and numerous international patents.