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Link Bonding & Load Balancer

The LINKaXcel product provides customers with the ability to bond multiple Internet connections for faster throughput and route traffic between multiple WAN links for faster inbound server connectivity as well as ensure redundancy in the event of a network outage.

With built-in link bonding and server load balancing the LINKaXcel provides 99.999% uptime availability and automatic failover in the event of an ISP (Internet Service provider) outage for both internal and external users. It's MVP Routing and Best Path Routing ensure intelligent routing of traffic across the fastest possible connection. The LINKaXcel appliance can connect to any broadband connection, including DSL, cable, wireless, T1, metro-Ethernet, VSAT, etc.

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MSA Bandwidth Bonding
Multi-Session Acceleration is the ability to combine multiple ISP connections by initiating multiple sessions across various links and servers in order to accelerate web-based downloads.

Network Redundancy
Access to the Internet is critical today for organizations of all shapes and sizes. A network outage can quickly create huge costs in lost business and lost productivity. Other solutions on the market, including BGP routing, are difficult to setup and are not available for lower cost broadband backup solutions. Additionally, BGP also does not include the ability to bond WAN links for accelerated web-downloads.

Unique ActiveDNS Technology
The LINKaXcel includes the ability to balance server traffic across multiple ISP links in order to improve connectivity. The ActiveDNS service is a fully implemented DNS server with dynamic intelligence to re-direct traffic on-the-fly to the appropriate network connection.

Efficient Use Of Secondary Links
The LINKaXcel product not only ensures automated failover of network connectivity in the event of an ISP outage, but it also can utilize the backup connection for lower priority traffic, like accelerated web downloads and email connectivity, thus making efficient use of the backup link and speeding up end-user connectivity.

Server Balancing
Balance traffic across multiple servers to ensure uptime and performance for Microsoft Exchange/Outlook, Terminal Services and web sites. The LINKaXcel appliance is unique in that it provides both server and WAN redundancy and traffic weighting through the use of its SLB technology. Control server traffic based on round-robin, weighted, least load, or geographic preferences.

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LINKaXcel Diagram
LINKaXcel Diagram/Server Balancing

Product Specifications

The following is a listing of specifications for the LINKaXcel product. The LINKaXcel is part of the aXcel product family which is built on a scalable platform. The aXcel platform scales from 20Mbps up to 300Mbps of throughput and from three to five WAN links without having to replace the hardware. Affordable, Scalable, and Reliable

Ports
(1)LAN, (3-5)WAN links, Console
Ethernet
6 x 10/100/1000 GigE AutoSense
ByPass
Yes
Dimensions
16.8" x 14.1" x 1.7"
Environmental
5 to 40C (67 to 104F)

Power
Full Range 250W Internal
Certification
UL FCC CE RoHS
Rack Mount
Yes
ECC Memory
Yes DDR2 (1GB)
Flash Storage
Yes (1GB)

Product Components

The LINKaXcel products include the following components.