FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Tina Soules
Engage Communication, Inc.
(831) 688-1021; Tina@engageinc.com
ENGAGE ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION
OF NAT/PAT
APTOS, Calif., June 1, 1999 - Engage adds Network Address
Translation (NAT) to the ExpressRouterXL and the IPExpressXL
lines of WAN and Internet Access Routers. The NAT function
performs IP Port Translation (PAT) on a single Global
IP Address. The NAT also provides a type of firewall by
only allowing communication to those connections that
are established from the internal side of the network.
Engage's NAT enables companies to setup networks with
large blocks of internal addresses without being restricted
to a very limited supply of global addresses. NAT simplifies
network administration by supporting less-stringent requirements
on internal addressing schemes.
"The addition of NAT/PAT to our routers enables us
to deliver internet access solutions that are more secure
and easier to setup" said Mark Doyle, Engage's president.
"Primarily it was our ISP customers that requested
that we integrate NAT/PAT into the IPExpressXL-T1, our
internet access router with an integral T1 DSU/CSU."
Engage Communication, incorporated in September 1989,
develops, manufactures, sells and supports a range of
wide area networking, file transfer, and data broadcasting
solutions. Designed for both ease of use and performance,
Engage solutions are widely used in Publishing, Education,
Internet Access, Advertising, Telemedicine, and many other
Corporate, Government and small Business applications.