Scannex ip.buffer User Manual
© UK 2007-2021 Scannex Electronics Ltd. All rights reserved worldwide.
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FTP/SFTP push
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FTP server
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Email/SMTP push
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TCP/IP push
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TCP/IP server
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COM port serial
LAN and management features
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Fully web-based setup and status information
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“Reflective Routing” on the LAN to allow easy access from different subnets
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Email, HTTP POST, and SNMP alert mechanisms to enable a pro-active
system
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Extremely powerful Lua
scripting engine
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SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) time synchronisation with daylight
saving option
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Settings can be quickly replicated across multiple ip.buffers for bulk
installations
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All changes to the settings occur immediately –
no need for reboot
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Fully fail-safe firmware upgrades. The power can fail at any point in the
upgrade process and the ip.buffer will recover with the old version (or the
new version if successfully uploaded).
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Simple SNMP v1/v2c agent to provide inventory information to SNMP clients
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Centralised updates via standard web-server (See section 8.2.16)
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Supports Proxy servers running HTTP, SOCKS 5 and SOCKS 4a protocols.
Security features
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Option to authenticate to one or two RADIUS servers
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https (SSL) access for web pages (optional) (See section 8.2.15)
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SSL/TLS link encryption for HTTP post, FTP, email, and TCP connections
(optional) (See section 11)
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SFTP/SSH encryption for SFTP push (See section 11.4)
3
In practise it means you do not have to have a gateway address, or the correct gateway,
programmed in the ip.buffer when connecting into it for web services and the like.
4
See www.lua.org However, several extensions have been applied to the Lua base.
5
Even Lua script changes can occur while the ip.buffer is still running
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Scannex ip.buffer User Manual
© UK 2007-2021 Scannex Electronics Ltd. All rights reserved worldwide.
o
FTP/SFTP push
o
FTP server
o
Email/SMTP push
o
TCP/IP push
o
TCP/IP server
o
COM port serial
LAN and management features
o
Fully web-based setup and status information
o
“Reflective Routing” on the LAN to allow easy access from different subnets
o
Email, HTTP POST, and SNMP alert mechanisms to enable a pro-active
system
o
Extremely powerful Lua
scripting engine
o
SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) time synchronisation with daylight
saving option
o
Settings can be quickly replicated across multiple ip.buffers for bulk
installations
o
All changes to the settings occur immediately –
no need for reboot
o
Fully fail-safe firmware upgrades. The power can fail at any point in the
upgrade process and the ip.buffer will recover with the old version (or the
new version if successfully uploaded).
o
Simple SNMP v1/v2c agent to provide inventory information to SNMP clients
o
Centralised updates via standard web-server (See section 8.2.16)
o
Supports Proxy servers running HTTP, SOCKS 5 and SOCKS 4a protocols.
Security features
o
Option to authenticate to one or two RADIUS servers
o
https (SSL) access for web pages (optional) (See section 8.2.15)
o
SSL/TLS link encryption for HTTP post, FTP, email, and TCP connections
(optional) (See section 11)
o
SFTP/SSH encryption for SFTP push (See section 11.4)
3
In practise it means you do not have to have a gateway address, or the correct gateway,
programmed in the ip.buffer when connecting into it for web services and the like.
4
See www.lua.org However, several extensions have been applied to the Lua base.
5
Even Lua script changes can occur while the ip.buffer is still running
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