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The Card
The PCMCIA data card keeps the mobile laptop within the security perimeter of the enterprise network at all times. It is a Cardbus PC Card compatible with over 80% of installed laptop platforms and all which support a Type-II PCMCIA slot. The card combines the following physical and functional elements:
- A rechargeable battery that supplies power to the card when the laptop is in standby, hibernate, or shutdown state. During normal operation, the card draws power directly from the laptop and has a standby battery life of circa 120 hours
- A wireless 3G modem that provides IP connectivity over a public or private wireless network. HSDPA and HSUPA are supported in the current release.
- Non-volatile flash memory for storage of persistent data, security certificates, and client synchronization data. The memory is partitioned into user and system space. The system partition is not accessible to the laptop. There is 192mb of usable storage available as standard.
- An embedded CPU.
- An embedded Linux platform that hosts on-card remote-access functions, applications and
services such as:
- Link management to the OmniAccess 3500 NLG server, which enables capabilities such as tunnel monitoring, software and firmware updates and remote assistance
- Authentication to associate an end user with unique instances of the card and the laptop
- Data traffic extension processing capabilities, including stateful packet inspection, full IP stack operation, PPP encapsulation, and IPsec encapsulation/encryption/decryption
- Interface management capabilities for monitoring the quality of the access links offered by the surrounding networks and seamlessly switching between them
- An external on/off switch that, together with the on-card rechargeable battery, makes the power state of the card independent of the power state of the host laptop. The switch makes it possible to turn the card off when the use of radio equipment is prohibited by official regulations (during takeoff and landing of commercial airplanes, for example).
- An external antenna.
- MicroSD card slot for future storage applications
The Card can...
- Independently establish and maintain an IPsec tunnel that provides authentication and
encryption to the remote connection with the enterprise network, even when the laptop is
powered off
- Host a personal firewall which can apply the latest filtering policies set by the enterprise to all
laptop-terminated traffic
- Stage the file transfers between the laptop and the enterprise, even when the laptop is powered off
- Provide temporary storage for device management and end-user applications even when the
laptop is powered off
The Card
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Approvals
The OminAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian card has been tested and approved for;
- CE - European Declaration of Conformity
- GCF - Mobile Operator's Global Certification Forum
Downloads
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