Education

Technology is central to today’s educational environment. Students learn about technology, and use technology to learn. Their instructors perform tasks and improve their own skills with the help of technology. And more than ever, schools, themselves, depend on technology to succeed in their manifold, complex challenges.

As schools, colleges, and universities are not only learning centers, but businesses with budgetary, staffing, communications, and security concerns, they must build, maintain, and rely on technological infrastructures that will keep pace with growth and adapt to change, everywhere from the classroom to the administration.

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Security Firewalls
NETGEAR’s ProSafe™ Firewall router products ensure maximum privacy and security with enhanced, high-level encryption. Our selection of standards-based wired and wireless VPN Firewall products are easy to configure and provide reliable, secure Internet connectivity. Combined with NETGEAR’s ProSafe VPN client software, NETGEAR ProSafe Firewalls deliver a total solution for secure data transmission. Standard features include Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), ICSA-certified firewall AES and 3DES Encryption, Denial of Service (DoS) protection, Network Address Translation (NAT), and DHCP, plus support for IPSec VPN tunnels for extra secure Internet connectivity. Our security solutions are Virtual Private Networking Consortium (VPNC) tested and certified to ensure interoperability with other popular security products.

Business-Class Switches
NETGEAR offers a wide range of powerful, easy-to-use switches for all levels of the network, from unmanaged Fast Ethernet at the edge to Layer 3 Gigabit at the core. Designed for robust and advanced networks, our Layer 3 switches offer a full suite of capabilities to enable future technologies and applications such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Power over Ethernet (PoE). Our Layer 2 managed switches and lightly managed smart switches offer intuitive interfaces and affordable pricing. They enable a smooth transition to network management and are equipped with all the features needed for expansion. Our unmanaged switches offer speed options from
Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet.

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Technologies
NETGEAR’s access points, wireless VPN Firewall routers, antennas, and adapters enable networks of any size to easily integrate wireless and Ethernet technologies for high-speed mobile access to e-mail, the Internet, and network resources, even in hard-to-wire locations such as older buildings and portables. NETGEAR wireless LAN products ensure maximum privacy and security with the highest levels of encryption using Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) security protocol and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) or 802.1x technology. Our extensive line of wireless products supports the 802.11g, 802.11b, and 802.11a standards.