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GUARD-FS Industrial Firewall/Router with Gbit Switch

GUARD-FS Industrial Firewall/Router with Gbit Switch

GUARD-FS Industrial Firewall/Router with Gbit Switch

Product catalog summary
General Description
The GUARD-FS by MPL integrates a Firewall, VPN-Gateway, Router, and Ethernet Switch into a single housing, suitable for rugged environments with limited space. It is designed for applications requiring long-term availability and security, such as industrial automation.

Highlights
The GUARD-FS operates in temperatures from -20°C to +60°C (optional -40°C to +85°C) without a fan. It supports copper and SFP ports for fiber optics, powered by a 1.2 GHz ARM processor and 512 MB flash memory. Key features include a wide input voltage range (8V – 36VDC), low power consumption, and customizable housing. It is ideal for industrial, transportation, and defense applications.

Board Key Data
The device features a RISC SoC 1.2GHz CPU, 512MB DDR2 memory, and 512MB NAND Flash. It offers various interface configurations with RJ45 and SFP ports. Management software supports VLAN, QoS, and port monitoring, with easy configuration via a web interface.

Physical and Power Specifications
The compact, rugged aluminum chassis measures 62.1 x 162.1 x 118 mm and weighs 0.94kg. It operates on 8 – 36VDC with power consumption under 9W, featuring reverse polarity protection.

Environmental and Standard Compliance
The GUARD-FS meets standards such as EMC EN 55022, MIL-STD-461E, and EN 50155, ensuring reliability in harsh conditions.

Technical Features
Preinstalled with OpenWrt, the GUARD-FS supports IPV4/IPV6 firewall and routing, with additional packages available for customization. It includes functionalities like TCP/IP, IPsec, OpenVPN, and more, with a package repository for further extensions.

Software and Versions
For more information on available versions, visit MPL's homepage.
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Catalog excerpts

GUARD-FS Industrial Firewall/Router with Gbit Switch-1

Rugged Industrial Firewall/Router with Gbit Switch General Description With the GUARD-FS, MPL has integrated several systems into one housing, a Firewall, a VPN-Gate- way, a Router, as well as an Ethernet Switch with your choice of copper and/or fiber ports. You can imagine the broad use of the GUARD-FS with this variety of functionality. Basically in any application that needs to be installed in a rugged rough environment where space is an issue, the GUARD-FS is a perfect fit. Today, everything is getting automated. Therefore security in this automated world is becoming more and more important. The key differences of indus- trial applications are that they require a long-term availability due to the life cycle management of the GUARD-FS Highlights The system can be operated from -20°C to +60°C (optional -40°C to +85°C), without the need of a fan or case openings. The capability to offer copper as well as SFP ports for various fiber optical solutions make the product universal. This versatility is sup- ported by the availability of a software development 512 Mbyte built in flash that allows for customer specific extensions. ■ Wide input voltage range (8V - 36VDC) ■ Low power consumption (fanless) ■ Firewall/Router with 3x Gbit (copper or SFP) ■ 5 port switch (copper and/or fiber) ■ switch as managed or unmanaged version These features make the GUARD-FS to the ideal solution for industrial, transportation and defense applications where se- curity, quality, reliability, low power consumption, and long-term availability are key. Just to name a few, the GUARD-FS can be used for applications such as remote monitoring & maintenance, secure MPL products are 100% designed and manufactured in Switzerland. All products are fanless, shock and vibration proof, low power, rugged, and long-term* available. The perfect solution for a system to be used in rugged environments. * Typically 10 years or more, 20+ years repair-ability Firewall/Router used in sensitive environment GUARD used as frontend in maintenance monitoring system Web: www.mpl.ch MPL AG, Tafernstrasse 20, CH-5405 Dattwil JUk PI r High-Tech • Made in Swit

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Technical Features Board Key Data Processor Memory / Firmware RISC SoC 1.2GHz Low Power CPU 512MByte DDR2 / 512MByte NAND Flash Soldered OnBoard Interfaces Firewall ports Switch ports 2 x RJ45, auto negotiation, auto MDI MDIX 2 x SFP Slot *4 x RJ45 copper ports or *3 x RJ45 and 1 x SFP or *2 x RJ45 and 2 x SFP Either 10BaseT /100BaseTX / 1000BaseTX or 100Base-FX or 1000Base-LX SFP Modules Either 10BaseT /100BaseTX / 1000BaseTX or 100Base-FX or 1000Base-LX SFP Modules * configuration depends on version ordered Management Software Management supports: • Port Based VLAN • Quality of Service (QoS)...

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