Riverstone Networks Switches

Riverstone Networks Switches are high-performance, all-purpose metro routers. Featuring specifically, wire-speed application control including rate limiting, rate shaping, prioritization, redirection, and load balancing. Wire-speed ability to establish traffic type, identify users, and subsequently account for the network utilization without loss of performance and defining service level agreements (SLAs) are merely some of the highlights.

Primary Responsibility @ interspots -> WAN Connections Routing

Extreme Networks Switches

Traditional software-based routers forward in the 500,000 packets per second range. Our Extreme Networks Layer 3 Switches (www.extremenetworks.com) forward up to 48 million packets per second by using high-speed Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) technology. ASIC technology rapidly routes packets via hardware, while our meshed internal backbone ensures that all your important bits of information between the web servers and the Internet have the fastest possible route with no delays.

Networks require much more than just "speeds and feeds". You must be able to control it. Only Quality of Service (QoS) can deliver this control. We have the power to predict and manage network behavior by prioritizing applications, subnets, and end stations, guaranteeing a specific amount of bandwidth or priority. Our network can reduce the negative effects of over-subscription, blocking, and deliver end-to-end control over traffic flows. Controlling the behavior of our network means that we can allocate limited resources based on policies rather than congestion.

Primary Responsibility @ interspots -> LAN Connections Routing

Allied Telesyn

Our ATI Rapier Layer 3 switches deliver unprecedented levels of integration and switching performance. With wire-speed Layer 2 switching and wire-speed layer 3 IP routing on all ports, these switches are designed for high performance server connectivity. One of its key features is the stateful inspection firewall. Also referred to as dynamic packet filtering. Stateful inspection is a firewall architecture that works at the network layer. Unlike static packet filtering, which examines a packet based on the information in its header, stateful inspection tracks each connection traversing all interfaces of the firewall and makes sure they are valid. An example of a stateful firewall may examine not just the header information but also the contents of the packet up through the application layer in order to determine more about the packet than just information about its source and destination. A stateful inspection firewall also monitors the state of the connection and compiles the information in a state table. Because of this, filtering decisions are based not only on administrator-defined rules (as in static packet filtering) but also on context that has been established by prior packets that have passed through the firewall.

Primary Responsibility @ interspots -> Firewall

Apptitude Fastmeter

For enterprise networks such as ours, analyzers and probes are invaluable, allowing us to quickly diagnose, pinpoint, and correct network issues before they become problems. With the ability to gather detailed data on a staggering 3,500 protocol variations, our Apptitude FastMeter 4000 ranks among the most complete and advanced network monitoring probes. MeterFlow, returns stateful results in real time, which means that it evaluates each and every processed packet while preserving context information relative to the flow and to other packets. What this means for you is proactive monitoring of network security and increased network performance. For example, in the event of a 'hacker' attempt, our Fastmeter 4000 will capture all their attempts and analyze the information. Allowing fast recovery and firewall modifications to block out the offender(s) quickly and efficiently. These packets of information can be saved and exported to use as evidence in court if required.

Primary Responsibility @ interspots -> Protocol Analyzing