Disaster Response
Maximize Communications Options - Minimize Space Usage
Proxicast's LAN-Cell 2 3G cellular router
is an ideal addition to your emergency communications
response vehicles or other disaster response mobile assets.
The LAN-Cell provides flexible & redundant
LAN / WiFi / WAN / VPN / Firewall communications in
a compact, rugged "all-in-one" appliance. The LAN-Cell
2 includes:
- 4 port 10/100 Ethernet Switch
- Integrated 802.11 a/b/g WiFi Access Point
- Ethernet WAN port for DSL, Cable, T1, etc.
- 3G PC-Card modem slot for cellular data communications
- Dial-Backup port for telephone or satellite modems
- Supports EVDO Rev A, EVDO Rev 0, 1xRTT, HSPUA, HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS PC-Card Modems
Any of the LAN-Cell's WAN interfaces can be designated as primary, with the others serving as redundant back-up communication paths. Fail-over to the back-up interfaces is automatic. For example,
use a 3G broadband cellular PC-Card in the LAN-Cell 2 and add an external satellite modem to provide communications if cellular services are down.
Cellular Data Communications
Most customers deploying the LAN-Cell 2 3G
router as part of their disaster response comunications
strategy use the 3G Cellular Data interface as the primary
means of obtaining mobile Internet access. Even during
wide-scale natural disasters, the cellular telephone system
is highly resilient. With mulptile carriers serving
most areas, overlapping cell coverage, auxillary power
and redundant equipment at cell sites, and fast-deployment
mobile cell sites maintained by many large carriers, the
cellular telephone network as proven to be a reliable
communications medium.
You are not "locked-in" to a single cellular provider or radio technology. The LAN-Cell 2's PC-Card cellular modem is the same
device used in laptops. By simply replacing the PC-Card, you can easily change cellular carriers depending on which carrier is available. Some customers even "piggy-back" two or more LAN-Cell's, each with connections to different cellular and satellite carriers, allowing the LAN-Cells to automatically determine the best available connection.
Disaster Ready
The LAN-Cell 2's built-in Ethernet and WiFi
features make it easy to create instant "hot spots"
to provide Internet access for field staff and/or evacuees.
The LAN-Cell is a true 3G cellular mobile router and can
be powered by AC, 12VDC vehicle adapters, batteries or
solar cells. The LAN-Cell 2's low power draw,
compact size and secure mounting options make it easy
to incorporate into existing disaster response vehicles.
During Hurricane Katrina, a Proxicast customer reported
that only the LAN-Cell stayed up
throughout the storm and subsequent flooding. Make the
LAN-Cell 2 part of your disaster response
equipment.
LAN-Cell 3G Router Advantages
- 3 WAN communications options: Wired, Cellular, Serial
- Automatic fail-over & fail-back
- User accessible 3G PC-Card cellular modem
- All-in-one solution for LAN, WiFi, WAN & Security
- AC, 12VDC vehicle, solar and battery power compatbile
- Works on 2G/3G CDMA & GSM networks worldwide
The Proxicast LAN-Cell 2 3G
Cellular Router (Mobile IP 3G Router) utilizes user
accessible upgradable high-speed PC-Card (PCMCIA / laptop)
3G modems and supports all CDMA & GSM 2.5G &
3G cellular modem standards including CDMA2000: EV-DO
RevA, EV-DO Rev0, 1xRTT; UMTS / W-CDMA: HSUPA, HSDPA,
HSPA, EDGE, and GPRS on all major wireless carriers
(cellular internet or broadband) worldwide including
Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Alltel, AT&T Mobility
(Cingular), T-Mobile, Rogers, Telus, Bell Mobility,
Telcel, Orange, Vodafone, O2, Telstra & others.
See the LAN-Cell 2 3G Router Product
Specifications page for a list of the currently
supported PC-Card 3G modems. The rugged LAN-Cell 2 3G
cellular router offers Ethernet, wireless WiFi (802.11
a/b/g) and serial interfaces plus advanced enterprise
mobile router features such as multiple IPSec VPN tunnels,
NAT/DMZ, SPI firewall, X.509 certificates, bandwidth
management and other wireless router functions which
are optimized for corporate, financial, mobile in vehicle,
industrial automation, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) telemetry
and SCADA type remote cellular WWAN applications. The
LAN-Cell 2 is also a great satellite data link alternative
or backup for Low Earth Orbit - LEO (ORBCOMM, Iridium,
Globalstar) and VSAT (HughesNet, Starband) satellite
network sites.
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