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VPN Appliance for your
entire home or small business network.
Do you need to plug in a
regular or Ethernet based IP phone into a VPN to get
access to your IP phone service? Now available is our
VPN Appliance which allows up to 4 phones to be directly
plugged into it's Ethernet ports**. The appliance
automatically connects to the VPN network and encrypts
all traffic both web and phone based behind the router.
See the details on the
VPN Appliance page.
UDP vs. TCP, why your
personal VPN needs to work with both.
The default protocol for
most VPN applications is UDP. This protocol works well
for most applications and transmits time sensitive data
like IP phone calls well. On some occasions
international ISP's block the UDP protocol in one way or
another. Many times international locations will
experience network congestion and long latency as the
data travels across the globe through many hops. In such
situations the UDP protocol might drop a lot of data
causing very poor IP phone quality and dropped
connections. For this reason we offer a choice between
the UDP protocol and the TCP protocol. With a perfect
connection UDP will outperform TCP in a VPN application.
However as the quality of the network worsens, TCP
becomes the preferred option. With proper tweaking a TCP
VPN connection can carry an IP phone call and also can
support surfing better than UDP on poor connections.
Offering both options helps ensure our international
customers will get the best connection possible.
Ports, multiple choices mean
more ways to get through.
Just as the choice between
internet protocols is important so is being able to
chose which port your VPN will go out on. Many places
block certain ports to prevent VPN connections or
throttle known VPN ports to downgrade performance. We
offer multiple choices of ports to use to connect to
SurfBouncer to ensure the best possible VPN performance.
* Skype and Vonage are
registered trademarks of their respected firms.
** Use of a regular phone
requires an adapter available from your IP phone
provider. |