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Link Load Balancer - FirewallsFirewalls are key components of any organization’s IT and telecommunications infrastructure, regardless of size or mission. To meet bandwidth and reliability demand, firewall device manufacturers now offer models with multi-WAN management to meet these requirements.

These units offer redundancy for traffic but with limited features and performance in regards to link load balancing. Elfiq Networks’ products are a great complement to any firewalls, significantly enhancing the available features and reliability of the telecommunications infrastructure.

With innovative Layer-2 design, Elfiq products are compatible with any firewall and router on the market, and these devices require no reconfiguration or IP address migration.

 

Functionality Elfiq Networks Firewall Vendors
Number of links Elfiq’s products can support multiple links, from 2 with the LB-550B to 320 with the LB-4000E. Most devices have the ability to use two links, no more can be added.
Multiple algorithms for balancing Elfiq offers 9 algorithms to proactively manage incoming and outgoing traffic, and each link can be customized for traffic type or strategy. Most firewall vendors offer link failover, no other algorithms and balancing are available.
Inbound traffic balancing Since most firewall vendors offer link failover and not balancing, this feature is not available.
LAN Failsafe Should the Elfiq Link Balancer lose power, communications can continue. No such features are available from firewall vendors.
SIP Awareness Elfiq’s SIP-Aware Link Balancers enable dynamic SIP trunk failover for maximum VoIP uptime No such features are available from firewall vendors.
Point to point resilience Elfiq’s SitePathMTPX technology enables organizations to create multi-link connections between sites. Should a link fail, the connection will remain active. This is very useful for site to site VPNs and VoIP implementations. No such features are available from firewall vendors.
Geographic balancing Elfiq enterprise products offer geographic balancing options, providing the ability to balance incoming and/or outgoing traffic based on conditions set by the user, enabling 99.999% access to resources regardless of location. No such features are available from firewall vendors.
Server availability Elfiq’s products have the ability to verify the health of a server prior to passing requests to it. Should the server be unavailable, the Elfiq unit will route the traffic to another server. No such features are available from firewall vendors.