Prolink MH8221 Multi-Homing Router Firmware

PROLiNK MH8221 Multi-Homing Load Balance Broadband Router is a WAN and failover router, which can also be known as Multi-Homing SOHO gateway. It provides 2 WAN ports for ADSL or cable modem. Users can enjoy traffic load sharing and load balance of multiple ADSL/cable links, in order to avoid single link failure. It also provides many key features like VoIP Pass-Through, VPN Pass-Through, multiple DMZ-host supported, MIPS with 150MHz, dynamic DNS supported and lots more.

Product Descriptions

Features & Specifications

WAN Port

￭ 2 x 10M/100M port (2 x WAN Router) Auto-sensing (RJ45) 802.3/802.3u, Auto MDI/MDIX

LAN Port

￭ 1 x 10M/100M Auto-sensing (RJ45) 802.3/802.3u, Auto MDI/MDIX

CPU

￭ MIPS with 150MHz

Memory

￭ Flash: 2M Bytes
￭ SDRAM: 16M Bytes

Indicators

￭ LAN, WAN1, WAN2, WAN3, WAN4

Reset Switch

￭ Push to load factory default value or back to latest configuration file

Power

￭ DC 5V/2.8A
￭ External Switching Power Adaptor with full range
￭ 110v - 220v AC Input

Outbound Load Balance

￭ Provide 3 working modes:
◊ Session
◊ Weight round robin
◊ Traffic

InBound

￭ Session mode

Protocol

￭ TCP/IP, UDP- ARP, BOOTP, ICMP, Routing Protocol, DHCP Server/Client, FTP, TFTP, Telnet, PPPoE

VPN Pass Through

￭ IPSEC, PPTP

Routing Protocol

￭ Static Route, RIP1, RIP2

Dynamic DNS

￭ Support dyndns.org

Working Mode

￭ Router Mode:
◊ Work as router with 5 different LAN
◊ PPPoE not supported
￭ Gateway Mode:
◊ All functions enabled
￭ Basic NAT Mode:
◊ All function supported except IP packet filtering & DoS Defense

Security

￭ DMZ host
￭ Multi NAT/NAPT
￭ PAP/CHAP
￭ Virtual Server Mapping Support
￭ Internet Access Control
￭ Supports Messenger, Real Audio & Cu-See-Me

Mail Alert

￭ WAN Up, WAN Down, DoS Attack & System Log Full
￭ Support Proxy Server

System Log

￭ Local event logging

Firewall

￭ DoS (Denial of Service) Protection:
◊ Active ports scan
◊ TCP SYNC flood
◊ ICMP flood
◊ IP source route option detection
◊ IP spoofing
◊ Ping of death
◊ IP fragment overlap
◊ UDP flooding
◊ Ping oversize
◊ Ping enable/disable

System Timer

￭ NTP (Network Timer Protocol)
￭ Use PC local time

DHCP Server/Client

￭ DHCP Server can reserve up to 253 IP
￭ Supports up to 512 users

SNMP v1/v2c

￭ MIB1, MIB2, Private MIB

Firmware Upgrade

￭ HTTP web-based download/TFTP

Configuration File

￭ Online display configuration
￭ Saves & restores configuration into PC

Remote Configure

￭ Configure router through internet

WAN IP Convert

￭ WAN port can connect to different IP domain gateway

Healthy Check

￭ Up to 2 WAN port
￭ Check WAN port link & ADSL link
￭ Automatically switch packet to well-connect line from broken line

IP Binding

￭ Specific destination IP address plus port number through dedicated WAN port

Special IP Assignment

￭ Specific destination IP or local IP address through dedicated WAN port
￭ Route path control by port number

VoIP Pass Through

￭ Supports H.323 ALG

Protocol Bandwidth Control

￭ Dynamic allocate bandwidth for specific protocol in each WAN port to avoid link congestion

QoS

￭ Limit specific application bandwidth & WAN port route path
￭ Limit specific User Bandwidth & WAN port route path

System Data Monitor

￭ Show each WAN port bandwidth usage & traffic status

Multi-NAT

￭ User definable
￭ Up to 10 different LAN segment IP can be define at LAN port

Virtual Server

￭ Bi-direction virtual server
￭ Local virtual server pass through
￭ Support group virtual server setting mode
￭ LAN users can use WAN IP to reach virtual server

Temperature

￭ 0 ~ 40�C (operation)
￭ -10 ~ 60�C (storage)

Dimension

￭ 180mm (W) x 160mm (D) x 50mm (H)

Weight

￭ Under 600g

Humidity

￭ -10 ~ 95% RH

Certification

￭ CE, FCC