PRODUCT SHEET: ASCOM openACCESS®NODE G
Technical Specification
Custom features can be included by additional software provided by Ascom or 3rd party
suppliers
Network applications
Mesh topology Ascom openAccess Node can be used as
autonomous mesh network node
VLAN Virtual LAN locally between Ethernet interfaces
and/or over a bridged connection.
VoIP Voice over IP termination, transmission, and
protocol transformation.
VPN
IP, Ethernet, and PPP VPN tunnelling with
compression, encryption, traffic prioritization, and
bandwidth management.
PBX networking VoIP trunking in PBX networks.
Audio channeling 64 kbit/s channel guaranteed, 16 kHz clear audio
bandwidth
Remote relay Relay I/O control over IP
Serial lines Serial port connectivity over IP
Data features
Routing
Static and dynamic routing using OSPF based on
source and destination addresses as well as input
and output interfaces.
Streaming Streaming of TDM type traffic over IP networks.
Bridging
Ethernet bridging locally between
Ethernet interfaces and/or over a bridged
connection.
DNS Built-in Domain Name Server for IP address to
name and name to IP address translations.
DHCP Built-in Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
server for distributing IP addresses.
Voice features
Analogue phone
multiplexing
Analogue (AT) to digital (ISDN) conversion to
channelled G.704.
PBX
Software Public Branch Exchange with digital
(ISDN) and analogue (FXS, FXO, E&M) interfaces
as well as an IP interface for connecting PBXs. Full
PBX feature set with group call and hot line.
Non-hierarchical numbering utilizing both
numbers and alphabetical characters.
Voice gateway/proxy Fast real-time conversion between voice
protocols and codecs. Least cost routing.
Protocols and codecs
Support for SIP and H.323 protocols. G.711
a-/μ-law (PCM), G.729, G.723, and GSM codecs.
ISDN/EuroISDN (Q.931), CCS, and CAS signalling.
EUROCOM.
Qos, traffic control and security
Traffic prioritization Packet, service, IP address, VPN, VLAN, port, and
protocol based prioritization.
Traffic grouping Secure isolation of traffic groups
Packet shaping Possibility to change packet header fields.
Bandwidth
management
Bandwidth sharing for different traffic types, e.g.
for voice, http, management and control, and
streaming.
Firewalling
SPI (stateful packet inspection) packet filtering
based on source and destination addresses,
source and destination ports, protocols, input and
output interfaces, connection state, etc.
NAT
Network Address Translation based on source
and destination addresses, ports, interfaces, and
protocol for both incoming and outgoing traffic
either before or after routing.
Encryption,
Authentication
BlowFish and AES-256 (CBC) symmetric block
cipher encryption of traffic with variable key
length of up to 256 bits. FIPS 140-2 qualified.
RSA certificate based authentication with
variable key lenght of up to 2048 bits and SHA2
HMAC integrity protection.
Compression
ZLIB, LZO and BZIP2 based compression
algorithms with optimization of compression
efficiency or compression speed.
Management features
Local and remote
management
Local and remote configuration and management
with web browser based user interface.
Management traffic in-band and out-of-band.
Configuration
storage
Storage of multiple configuration profiles.
Configuration changes without reset or reboot.
Configurations can be backed up locally or
between Ascom Access Nodes.
User access levels Access groups for phone, server, data transfer,
monitoring, and administration.
Network monitoring Built-in browser based monitoring system or
SNMP network monitoring.
Environmental conditions
Temperature Operative 0… +50°C
Storage -20… +50°C
Humidity Operative 10… 90% (non-condensing)
Storage 10… 95% (non-condensing)
