Hughes HX260 Broadband

The HX260 is a high performance satellite router designed to support dynamically assigned high-bandwidth IP connectivity in simultaneous mesh and star operation. The HX260 satellite router provides high QoS (Quality of service) features including Adaptive Constant Bit Rate (CBR) bandwidth assignment that delivers high quality low jitter bandwidth for real-time traffic such as VoIP (Voice over IP) or videoconferencing. With integrated IP features including RIPv1, RIPv2, BGP, DHCP, NAT/PAT, and DNS Server/Relay functionality, together with a high-performance satellite modem, the HX260 is the ideal platform for supporting mesh and star broadband IP connectivity. In addition, with the ability to support simultaneous mesh and star operation, the HX260 is ideal for such applications as VoIP services where simultaneous mesh connections are required on a per call basis and, at the same time, continuous Internet access is demanded.

Hughes HX260 Features

• On-demand constant bit rate (CBR) services
• Adaptive CBR with Min, Max, and user-definable step sizes
• CIR with Min, Guaranteed, and Max rates
• Backlog-based dynamic stream with weighted fair queuing
• Class-based weighted prioritization
• Multicast data delivery
• Four levels of IP traffic prioritization
• Bandwidth allocation
• Supports both pre-assigned (static) traffic assignment and dynamic traffic assignment
• Idle remotes can be configured to release all network resources
• Static and dynamic addressing
• DHCP server or relay
• DNS caching
• RIPV1, RIPV2, BGP routing support
• Multicasts to and from the LAN by using IGMP
• NAT/PAT
• VRRP
• VLAN tagging
• Firewall support through integrated access control lists
• Supports unicast and multicast IP traffic
• Software and configuration updates via download from the HX Gateway
• Implements dynamic, self-tuning Performance Enhancement Proxy (PEP) software to accelerate the throughput performance by optimizing the TCP transmission over the satellite, delivering superior user experience and link efficiency
• Mesh connections are supported for TCP and UDP traffic
• Bi-directional data compression
• Configuration, status monitoring, and commissioning via the HX Gateway
• Embedded Web interface for local status and troubleshooting
• Remote terminal management via the Hughes Unified Element Manager and SNMP agents
• User-friendly LED display indicating terminal operational status
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