Let's look at the actual product.
The body is about the same size as STB such as Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV (width 136).27 x depth 110.99 x height 32.2mm), very compact.The trend micro logos are placed at the top, and there is only one LED on the front side, making it a simple design with no decoration.
The interface is simple, with only a power port and reset switch on the back, and one LAN port (1000Mbps) for connecting to the network.
正面側面背面上面底面If you are worried about "one LAN port?"
If you want to monitor network communication, you usually need to install between existing routers and LAN.In that case, there should be two LAN ports, Wan and LAN side.
In fact, this product is doing something very interesting.
The following is the state of the ARP table on the PC compared (above) and after installation (top) and installation (bottom) before installation of the virus buster for Home Network.
ウイルスバスター接続時のARPテーブルThe ARP table is a compatible table for MAC addresses and IP addresses held by telecommunications equipment such as PCs.This table determines the MAC address corresponding to the IP address of the communication destination, and sends data as a destination.
The point is the part surrounded by red.192.168.1.1 is originally a router IP address and is set as a default gateway as all communications.You can see that this MAC address has changed before (top) and installation (bottom) before installation of the virus buster for Home Network.
This will forcibly direct the communication to the router, which is originally the default gateway, to the virus buster for home network.
Of course, since it is not possible to connect to the Internet as it is, after checking communication with the virus buster for Home Network, the communication received to the original router will be transferred to the original router.
This mechanism eliminates the need to physically install between WAN and LAN using two ports.
If it's a pretty powerful industry, if you are interested and connect to the company's network, it can be a little fuss, but this has become extremely easy to install and set it.
Basically, you only need to take out the box, connect the power, and connect it to the network using an empty cable.If you don't need to change the existing router settings, you don't have to do anything on your PC or smartphone.It's OK just to connect.
The former GATELOCK X200 mentioned at the beginning has a LAN side IP address forcibly 192.168.253.The printers set in the fixed IP were not connected to X, and they were confused, but they no longer need to worry.