For more information on the NE2000-4 or any of our units, visit our Web site at www.netequalizer.com.

Offer good in the US and Canada only. One unit per customer at this price. Please contact us at 1-800-918-2763 or admin@apconnections.net for more details.

According to Comcast, the cable and Internet provider will "deploy a highly-targeted, protocol-agnostic management system that has nothing to do with the applications a customer uses and everything to do with the total bandwidth being used in the last few minutes."

The management team at APconnections commends Comcast for adopting the more equitable behavior-based technology for controlling Internet congestion, noting that the announcement ultimately confirms the effectiveness and viability of the NetEqualizer line, which is currently utilized by smaller ISPs worldwide.

The feature is perfect for hotels, airports, or any place where a provider serves a frequently changing customer base.

Here are the details...

First off, our network access control module does not require any new hardware. It is a fully integrated module and runs on all NetEqualizer units shipped after 2007.

The following features are included:

• Time-based usage by login - You will be able to offer your customers a login to your network for a subscribed amount of time.
• Re-direction to a Web site of your design - You decide what users will see online first.
• Group-based block license enforcement - We are told this is an industry first. This gives the option for a group to purchase a block of licenses (simultaneous shared logins). For example, if you have an event where a group needs network access, rather than force every customer to purchase a 24-hour license, you can sell 100 licenses to a certain group. They can then distribute those to their members, which saves you the trouble of distributing licenses to every customer.
• Class of service by group - Operators will be able to set different classes of service for each group that's been created.
• Flexible time-out periods - This may also be an industry first. When a user is not active for an hour or so (the time is flexible), in some cases you may want to have them automatically logged out. This feature allows you to do this.
• No fixed MAC address or IP address required - Users will be able to dynamically identify themselves with personalized login IDs and passwords.

Administrators are able to extend and modify access features at their discretion.

Module Pricing:

• NE2000-2 thru NE2000-10 -- $1500
• NE2000-20 and higher -- $2500

NetEqualizer price not included. Customers with current NSS will be given a full credit against any license fee. Additional support and setup fees may also apply.

For more information, contact us at 1-800-918-2763 or admin@apconnections.net.

We'll cover:

• The various tradeoffs regarding how to stem p2p and bandwidth abuse
• Recommendations for curbing RIAA requests
• Demo of the new NetEqualizer network access control module (see article above)
• Lots of customer Q&A and information sharing on how Gordon is using the NetEqualizer, including some hands on probing of a live system

Location:

Conference Center
Gordon College West Campus
50 Dunham Road
Beverly, MA 01915

This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the issues and challenges facing network administrators as well as to see the full capabilities of the NetEqualizer firsthand. If you're in the area, be sure not to miss it! For more information, contact us at admin@apconnections.net. To RSVP, send an e-mail to russ@gordon.edu.