Mushroom Networks (News - Alert), a developer of one-sided broadband bonding technology, has introduced the Porcini broadband bonding network appliance aimed at the small and medium business (SMB) market.

 

The Porcini device is capable of integrating up to four broadband Internet connections of any type including DSL, cable, and T1 into a single virtual high-speed link. An additional USB port enables a fifth cellular data modem connection to be added to the overall mix.

The Ethernet-based Porcini device easily installs between the broadband modems and the local network at the user site without any configuration changes to the existing network or coordination with Internet service providers (ISPs). SMBs can use the product to mix and match various services from multiple providers delivering built-in network redundancy. If one or more of the bonded links fails or is degraded, the Porcini spreads traffic across the remaining links in real-time without any interruptions, resulting in maximal network uptime.

 

In addition, the built-in VoIP quality manager provides easy management of VoIP traffic via user defined quality levels so as to improve the voice quality by minimizing latency for voice traffic both in outbound and inbound directions.

 

Porcini also includes an internal router and firewall capability that can be enabled by the user as needed. Other Internet services such as port-forwarding, port binding, WAN interface binding, static IP, dynamic IP, PPPoE, DHCP, DMZ, UPnP, Dynamic DNS and QoS are all supported.

 

“High-speed broadband offerings for SMBs have historically been limited by service availability and rigorous pricing tiers,” said Cahit Akin, co-founder and CEO of Mushroom Networks, in a statement. “Porcini effectively shifts this paradigm by giving SMBs complete control to add bandwidth capacity from multiple providers based on immediate need. Just think, combine two DSL lines with two cable modem lines for under $200 dollars per month. Remarkably, that's 20 times faster than traditional T1 service for about half the price.”