Perle’s Ethernet to Fiber Converters enable connections of UTP copper-based Ethernet equipment over a fiber optic link. 

With Perle Media Converters you can:

• Protect your investment in existing copper Ethernet-based hardware
• Add fiber on a port-by-port basis
• Enjoy the benefits of fiber without have to make wholesale changes
• Establish Ethernet to fiber and fiber back to Ethernet links
• Create copper to fiber connections with fiber switches

Click here see the range of Perle Ethernet to Fiber Converters at Entrix or call on 01480 492400.

The new ACM5000 is a fresh design from the ground up.

• The ACM5000 provides secure remote access to every networked device at your remote site and branch office. We provide complete remote hands, giving your IT personnel the ability to reach out to a remote site as if they were actually on site. Our unique blend of hardware and software products delivers a complete, synergistic solution to managing remote sites and branch offices.
• 2, 3 or 4 RS-232 Serial console ports for accessing routers, switches, PBX, firewalls and more.
• Free virtual COM port redirection software for legacy serial applications - PortShare
• Cisco Compatible Cabling use straight CAT5 cable
• Dual 10/100 ethernet option for segmented private network access
• Encrypted authenticated access for local for secure management
• Power Management and UPS monitoring with alerts and graceful shutdown
• 2 Gig USB flash for offline logs, scripts and configurations
• Built-in Temperature Monitoring with Alerts
• Dry contacts for external water sensors, smoke detectors, motion detectors
• Internal V.92 modem, 3G cellular or 802.11 wireless for flexible out-of-band access
• External USB for adding custom adapters

The IM4200, IMG4000-5, IMG4216-25 and ACM5000 console server families all use an embedded FIPS140-2 OpenSSL cryptographic module that has been validated to meet the FIPS 140-2 standards and has received Certificate #1051.

Are you aware that you can do serial tunnelling with Perle Device Servers without changing firewall settings by using HTTP Tunnelling?

This function is a feature of the Perle 4.1 firmware, released in November 2009, which enables access to remote serial devices over the internet without permitting any services in your firewall other than HTTP web access, which you probably already permit. Perle was the first manufacturer to provide this facility. You can add it to your existing products by upgrading your firmware.

Learn more about HTTP Tunnelling with Perle here or contact Entrix Computing.

Are you looking for a way to:

• Extend a serial link across Ethernet?
• Encapsulate asynchronous serial data from devices like scanners, card readers and POS terminals over Ethernet?
• Encapsulate serial data from industrial devices like RTU’s or PLC running ModBus, DNP or other protocols over Ethernet?
• Click here to Learn how Serial Tunneling solves your problem and contact Entrix for more details on 01480 492400.

As reported in a recent message from the manufacturer, M86 Security has won Top Award in the Virus Bulletin Anti-Spam Comparative Review January 2010.

Virus Bulletin, the leading specialist publication in the field of viruses and related malware, announced their anti-spam comparative review results for November 2009.
A total of 15 products took part in the test and MailMarshal SMTP achieved the highest Spam Catch Rate out of all of the products tested with 99.60%.

The report cites,“M86’s MailMarshal SMTP spam filter, which runs on Windows Server 2003, made its debut in the VBSpam test in November with commendable results, but did even better in this test: it saw its false positive rate reduced significantly, while barely compromising on the spam catch rate, and it was the only product in this test with a final score of more than 99%. Moreover, neither large spam emails nor those containing images proved a problem for the product.”
Subscribers can download the report here.
For further information on MailMarshal SMTP, click here or call Entrix on 01480 492400

There is a useful review of the Opengear CM4116 console server (click here) which gives some good ideas for how the console server can be used. Others making comments concur with the reviewer and ask where it can be bought in the UK. The answer is: call Entrix on 01480 492400 or go to www.entrix.co.uk/connect 

Attention all Perle IOLAN users! The IOLAN Firmware Version 4.1 – available for free download from the Perle Website features Java free browser access functionality.

IOLAN Console Servers provide Java free browser access to remote serial console ports via Telnet and SSH. Now IT Administrators can easily access remote serial devices without downloading java-based Telnet or SSH applets to remote clients.

Entrix is now able to offer the Teltonika RUT105 HSUPA cellular router which replaces the older RUT104. This upgrades the maximum uplink speed from 2 mbps to 5.6 mbps. Visit the Entrix website for details of cellular routers with WiFi.

Are you thinking about migration to Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008?

If so, compatibility of existing IT equipment with the new operating system and trouble-free integration are likely to be high in your priorities.

Perle  Serial Cards, Parallel Cards, Multimodem Cards and TruePort software are already Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 certified. Perle Systems is the only serial connectivity vendor in the market to offer a comprehensive suite of digitally signed drivers for these new operating systems to date.

Perle’s Serial Cards enable you to easily add RS232, RS422, RS485 serial to your PC or server via PCI, PCI-X or PCI Express bus slots. 

Perle’s Parallel Cards lines enable you to easily add parallel ports supporting the full IEEE 1284 parallel port standard to PCs or servers via PCI, PCI-X or PCI Express bus slots.

PCI-RAS Multimodem Cards from Perle allow users to integrate 4 or 8 V.92 56K modems into a server using PCI or PCI-X bus slots.

Perle’s TruePort is a COM port re-director that provides true remote serial ports over an Ethernet LAN with remote ports appearing as “Direct Connect” COM or TTY ports to an application.   These digitally signed drivers can be downloaded at any time from Perle’s website.  If you have any questions on Perle can ease your migration to Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 contact Entrix Computing on 01480 492400.