Communications
Lanner Delivers Fanless Network Appliance with Six Network Ports and Intel Atom 1.6GHz Processor
Lanner Electronics, Inc., a leading designer and ODM of advanced platforms for network applications, today revealed the general availability of the FW-7530; a fan-less economic network appliance built around an Intel 945GSE chipset and Intel Atom processor with 6 GbE ports. The FW-7530 is ideal for any low level network applications.
The The FW-7530 offers high port density with 6 GbE ports. One pair of ports has the option of being a bypass. Besides the 6 GbE ports, other external sockets include, a mini-PCI connector, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and a RJ45 Console port. The bay has room for one 2.5” hard drive, which can be connected via Serial ATA. As for RAM the FW-7530 can be equipped with up to 2 GB. Careful engineering of heat dispersing fins has allowed this appliance to cool itself without the use of a fan. All of this comes in a small package, with a height of just 36mm and a weight of 1.2 kg, this unit can fit anywhere.
The FW-7530 can be used for entry-level network security applications, including intrusion detection/ prevention systems, UTM, gateway antivirus and firewalls. It can also be used as a router/switcher and other non security based applications, such as load balancing multiple internet connections, network monitoring or QoS.