Barcelona, 29th March 2004 - SMC® Networks (www.smc.com), leading provider of networking solutions for the SMB/e and the home, today announced three new additions to its Barricade™ line of secure Broadband routers: the Barricade VPN 4-Port Broadband Router (SMCBR14VPN), the Barricade VPN 8-port Broadband Router (SMCBR18VPN), and the Barricade g VPN 4-port Broadband Router/802.11g access point (SMCBR14VPN-G).  Available by mid-April, these new Barricade VPN Broadband Routers carry MSRPs of 94.63 Euros, 123.02 Euros and 170.34 Euros respectively.

Perfect for telecommuters, SMB and home users alike, the new Barricade VPN Broadband routers allow users to create secure Virtual Private Networking tunnels to share files, Internet connections and even play multi-computer games.  Built-in VPN functionality allows users to create secure VPN connections over the Internet and share them with multiple computers.  Ideal as the centre piece for a small business network the Barricade VPN allows users to create secure VPN tunnel connections to a corporate network from a home or remote office location.  Barricade VPN routers have both an integrated VPN Server and VPN client to support multiple VPN connections using IPSec, PPTP, and L2TP protocols. 

Each Barricade VPN has a 10/100Mbps WAN port for use with high-speed Internet connections as well as a COM port for use with an external dial-up or ISDN modem, to employ either as the main Internet connection or as a fail-over if the broadband cable or DSL service goes down. For network protection, the routers come with an Advanced SPI Firewall to protect computers from DoS (Denial of Service) and other malicious attacks like Ping of Death, SYN Flood, Land Attacks, and IP Spoofing. To complement this advanced firewall, the Barricade VPN also supports SNMP, static routing, DMZ hosting, port forwarding, system logging, email alerts, and two user accounts to make management easy and flexible.

The SMCBR14VPN Barricade VPN Router incorporates a 4-Port 10/100Mbps Auto-Sensing Switch to connect wired computers or additional switches, so the network grows easily; the SMCBR18VPN has an integrated 8-port 10/100 Auto-sensing switch.  To incorporate wireless connectivity to the network, the SMCBR14VPN-G has 4 10/100 ports, and also 802.11g wireless access point capability, so can connect any 802.11b or g wireless device as well. 

About SMC Networks
SMC Networks is a leading provider of LAN hardware and broadband connectivity devices. Globally, SMC Networks leverages manufacturing resources and strategic relationships to bring to market a growing range of affordable, leading-edge products; including Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Switching, Wireless networking, Broadband connectivity products as well as traditional wired network adapters.
SMC Networks specialises in solutions for the SMB/e, and the home. Worldwide, SMC delivers network solutions through an infrastructure of VAR partners, ISPs and retailers.