Advanced Firewall and Traffic Control

This network security product combines the functions of a perimeter firewall, an internal network firewall, and a VPN gateway that authenticates and protects remote users. It provides a high level of security to networks behind it while normalizing and conditioning network traffic. Its packet filtering seamlessly protects both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, thus providing advanced security for IPv4-only, IPv6-only and dual-stack networks.

Aside from filtering and controlling the traffic that goes through its users' networks, SolidWall™ offers support for bandwidth management and control. It not only protects networks from external attacks, it also provides full support for IPv6 addressing, IPv6 tunneling, traffic prioritization, and failover capability.

IPv6 Router Advertisement and Stateless Address Auto-configuration

SolidWall™ provides a standard, automated method for configuring IPv6 addresses for network hosts and devices known as Stateless Address Auto-configuration. With SolidWall™'s Router Advertisement (RA) service for IPv6, the appliance can advertise the organization's delegated subnet-prefixes, thus allowing IPv6 nodes to form their unique IPv6 addresses and obtain the default route for local or global routing.

IPv6 Tunnel Capabilities

In addition to its advanced yet easily managed firewall capabilities, SolidWall™ also has support for 6in4 IPv6 tunneling as a client or server endpoint. The appliance connects to existing 6in4 Tunnel Servers or commercial IPv6 providers and can itself act as a 6in4 Server. Depending on the Tunnel Server, SolidWall™ may route an arbitrary IPv6 network once connected. Setup and management of tunnels is done through wizards and the product's graphical interface.

Friendly User Interfaces

Despite its many features, SolidWall™ is very easy to deploy and manage. A simplified installation and configuration process makes it especially suitable for organizations that lack IT security staff. Security administrators can configure and manage the appliance to suit their specific network needs using a secure, web-based graphical user interface, with intuitive wizards and web-based management that greatly simplify configuration of firewall rules for both IPv4 and IPv6, IPv6 router advertisements (RA), DHCPv6-compatibility functions, and other management tasks. A secure, restricted command shell as well as a serial communications interface are available. Comprehensive monitoring and diagnostics tools are also pre-installed.

High Availability
To ensure reliability and continuous service, SolidWall™ has an automated failover capability that allows a backup appliance to seamlessly take over the IP address and functions of a primary appliance in case of failure or scheduled downtime. Administrators may deploy these Active/Passive HA pairs in pure IPv4, native IPv6 or dual-stack environments.