Vigor 2960

  • High-Performance Router/Firewall
  • Load Balancing & WAN Failover
  • Native IPv4 & IPv6 dual-stack
  • Two Gigabit WAN ports
  • Four Gigabit LAN Ports
  • Twin Independent USB Ports
  • IPSec VPN - LAN-to-LAN or Teleworker (200 tunnels)
  • SSL VPN Tunnel or Web-Proxy (50 tunnels)
  • 802.1q Tagged and port-based VLANs
  • QoS Assurance on different traffic types
  • VPN Trunking (Backup/aggregation)
  • Mobile One-Time Passwords for Teleworker VPNs
  • Multiple LAN-side private IP subnets
  • Internet Content Filtering
  • Central Management of up to 30 DrayTek VigorAPs - New!
  • Central Switch Management - New!
  • Optional VigorCare Available
  • High-Performance Router/Firewall
  • Load Balancing & WAN Failover
  • Native IPv4 & IPv6 dual-stack
  • Two Gigabit WAN ports
  • Four Gigabit LAN Ports
  • Twin Independent USB Ports
  • IPSec VPN - LAN-to-LAN or Teleworker (200 tunnels)
  • SSL VPN Tunnel or Web-Proxy (50 tunnels)
  • 802.1q Tagged and port-based VLANs
  • QoS Assurance on different traffic types
  • VPN Trunking (Backup/aggregation)
  • Mobile One-Time Passwords for Teleworker VPNs
  • Multiple LAN-side private IP subnets
  • Internet Content Filtering
  • Central Management of up to 30 DrayTek VigorAPs - New!
  • Central Switch Management - New!
  • Optional VigorCare Available

Vigor 2960 Dual-WAN Firewall

The Vigor 2960 is a high-performance dual-Gigabit WAN firewall. The two dedicated Gigabit WAN ports can provide load balancing or WAN failover. Based on a new DrayTek OS platform, the Vigor 2960 provides high performance with DrayTek's traditional ease of use and comprehensive features set. Extensive QoS, VLAN Web Content filtering features help keep your network efficiency and online productivity high.

VPN

As a VPN endpoint/concentrator, the Vigor 2960 will support up to 200 simultaneous teleworker or LAN-to-LAN VPNs with a VPN throughput of up to 500Mb/s dependant on protocol, thanks to its hardware-based VPN co-processor. VPN security includes certificate, MOTP or token/PSK based access and key-hash authentication to ensure maximum security.

SSL VPN

For ease of remote access, the Vigor 2960 can provide up to 50 simultaneous SSL VPN tunnels or web-proxy links. SSL Web-Proxy makes remote access to your network possible from virtually anywhere without the inconvenience or compatibility issues of installing a VPN client. As SSL is a standard Internet protocol (used for web sites) SSL VPNs are also resilient to difficulties in creating tunnels through guest networks (web cafes, hotels etc.) where traditional IPSec/PPTP tunnels can often have difficulties. SSL encryption is strong too, using 128bit DES/3DES or AES. Using MoTP, your teleworker passwords are strong and realtime; a password is generated in real-time by your mobile phone (iphone, Android etc.) which can be used once only, and only at the time its generated. You can read more about SSL VPNs and MoTP here. In addition to Web-proxy mode, full SSL VPN tunnelling is supported for Windows OS, macOS, iOS / iPhone / iPad and Android, with the Smart VPN Client freely available on the UK downloads page.

High Availability

For even greater resilience, the Vigor2960 provides High Availability (HA). The CARP protocol (equivalent to VRRP or HSRP) lets you set up a master and secondary Vigor2960 whereby in the event of the master unit failing, the secondary unit can seamlessly and automatically switch over. This can remove the possibility of a single point of failure within your routers. Additionally, multiple active Vigor2960's can provide reciprocal routing backup to other active Vigor2960s.

VPN - Linking remote offices, HQ, teleworkers and mobile staff

A feature central to DrayTek routers is its VPN (Virtual Private Networking) capabilities. A VPN enables you to link remote offices and branch offices back to HQ, or home-based/mobile teleworkers back to your office. Once connected, they have access to your office/remote resources through a secure encrypted tunnel allowing remote desktop, file sharing and seamless access to other resources and devices.

The Vigor 2960 allows you to have up to 200 simultaneous VPN tunnels to remote offices or teleworkers. It supports all common industry standard protocols, encryption types and authentication methods (see specification tab for full support list). Teleworkers can authenticate directly with your LDAP server if preferred.

VPN Schematic

The Vigor 2960 supports VPN trunking; this allows you to create tunnels down muliple WAN connections to a remote site in order to increase bandwidth. VPN trunking also provides failover (backup) of your VPN route down a secondary WAN connection. You can learn more about DrayTek VPN here. Teleworkers can also use 2FA (Two factor authentication) such as MOTP.


DrayTek SSL VPN - Link teleworkers and remote networks with TLS encryption

The Vigor 2960 supports up to 50 DrayTek SSL VPN tunnel connections. These are encrypted tunnels linking your teleworkers or remote DrayTek Vigor routers back to your main office using SSL/TLS technology - the same encryption that you use for secure web sites such as your bank.

Site to site VPN tunnels can connect branch offices to a main office, with DrayTek SSL VPN encryption securing the connection between the two offices, a TLS encrypted HTTPS tunnel which can be more secure than PPTP, and easier to configure than an IPsec VPN tunnel.

Teleworkers can easily create a secure DrayTek SSL VPN tunnel to the DrayTek Vigor 2960 using the DrayTek Smart VPN Client app.
DrayTek Smart VPN Client is free and supports Windows OS, macOS, Apple iOS (iPad, iPhone) and Android. You can learn more about the DrayTek Smart VPN Client here.

DrayTek SSL VPN is simple to configure, providing a more secure alternative to the now obsolete Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP VPN); which has known weaknesses and is now considered to be insecure. Setup is similar to a PPTP VPN tunnel in that it authenticates with an SSL VPN Username and Password.

You can learn more about DrayTek SSL VPNs here.

VPN Trunking

VPN Trunking is the facility to create more than one VPN tunnel, over a second Wan CONNECTION, to the same remote location in order to provide either increased bandwidth between the two sites (load balancing) or resilience (failover) in the event that one tunnel/connection is interrupted. The Vigor 2960 supports both Failover and Load Balancing modes for VPN Trunks.

The Vigor 2960 already supports load balancing to the Internet using its dual-WAN ports. What VPN trunking does is enables a single virtual tunnel to be created across both WAN connections to the same remote location creating a single virtual tunnel, recombining the tunnel at the other end. As far as the traffic and LAN devices/clients are concerned, there is just a single tunnel, with increased bandwidth.

DrayTek VPN Trunking

In the diagram above, you can see a single virtual tunnel as far as the LAN at each end is concerned. Within the router, two WAN connections are being used with each router, across which the VPN tunnel can be spread, increasing total capacity and/or redundancy (for failover).

Vigor 2960 Series Specification

Product Code/EANDescription
V2960-K / 4716779071795 Vigor 2960 (UK/IE)

Technical Specification (UK Hardware Spec.)

  • Physical Interfaces

    • LAN: 4-port Gigabit (10/100/1000 Base-T)
    • WAN: 2-port Gigabit (10/100/1000 Base-T) Ethernet
    • USB: 2 USB 2.0 Ports (for flash storage and 3G)
    • WAN Protocols: PPPoE, PPTP, DHCP Client, Static IP
    • Load Balancing: Policy based or automatic
    • WAN Failover: Switch to other connection when primary WAN lost

  • VPN Services

    • Remote Dial In Teleworker Protocols:
      • PPTP
      • IPSec
      • L2TP
      • L2TP over IPSec
      • SSL VPN
    • LAN to LAN VPN Tunnel Protocols:
      • PPTP
      • IPSec
      • SSL VPN
      • GRE (LAN to LAN Tunnel) - New!
    • Up to 200 simultaneous tunnels (LAN-to-LAN or Teleworker-to-LAN)
    • PPTP Acceleration (up to 90Mbps with encryption)
    • Dial-in and Dial-out supported
    • VPN Trunking: allows alternative failover route or multiple tunnels to the same destination to increase capacity/throughput
    • Multiple SA (Security Association) IPsec VPN support: send multiple Local and Remote subnets through one VPN tunnel - New!
    • Teleworker - Remote Dial-In VPN Features:
      • LDAP/Active Directory: Teleworker VPNs can be authenticated by a LDAP/AD server
      • XAuth authentication support for IPsec Remote Dial-In Teleworker VPN tunnels - New!
      • Radius Client: Authentication for Remote Dial-In Teleworkers
      • Scheduled Remote Dial-In VPN - configure times that specified Teleworkers are allowed to Dial In - New!
      • DrayTek Smart-VPN Software utility
    • IPsec IKE Protocols:
      • IKEv1
      • IKEv2 - New!
    • IPsec IKE Authentication:
      • Pre-shared key (PSK)
      • PKI Certificate (RSA): Use X.509 Digital Signatures
      • Phase 1 Main Mode or Aggressive Mode
      • Phase 2 selectable lifetimes
    • Encryption:
      • Hardware-based AES (128, 192, 256 bits)
      • Hardware-based DES/3DES (56 & 168 bits)
      • Hardware-based MD5, SHA-1 & SHA-256
      • MPPE (40 or 128 bits)
    • IKE Phase 1 DiffieHelman Groups 1,2,5 & 14
    • IKE Phase 2 DiffieHelman Groups 1,2,5 & 14 (will match phase 1 selection)
    • DHCP over IPSec
    • GRE over IPSec
    • Dead-Peer-Detection (DPD)
    • NAT-Traversal (NAT-T): VPN over routes without VPN Passthrough
    • No extra licencing or additional VPN client costs.
    • Interoperability : Compatible with other 3rd party VPN devices

  • Firewall

    • Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)
    • Content Security Management (CSM)
    • Multi-NAT: Set one-to-one mappings between your private and public IP addresses
    • NAT Port Forward Features:
      • Port Redirection - 256 entries with 16 port ranges per entry
      • DMZ Host
      • Server Load Balance & Inbound Load Balance
    • SIP Application Layer Gateway (ALG)
    • H.323 Application Layer Gateway (ALG)
    • Policy-based IP Packet Filter. Fully configurable policies based on IP address, MAC address (source or destination), DiffServ attribute, direction, bandwidth, remote site
    • DoS/DDoS Protection
    • IP Address Anti-spoofing
    • Object-Based Firewall
    • Notification: Email alerts and logs to syslog
    • Bind IP to MAC address
    • User-Controlled Rules: Interrogates LDAP server to permit access or enforce policies
    • DNSSEC support - New!
    • LAN DNS Features:
      • Control DNS resolution for A and CNAME records for configured hostnames
      • Wildcard support
      • Conditional Forwarding to specified DNS Server(s)

  • Web Content Filtering & CSM

    • URL Keyword Blocking: Blacklist or Whitelist
    • Content Type Blocking: Java applet, cookies, Active-X
    • Application Enforcement (APPE): IM, P2P, Protocol, Tunnelling, Streaming, Remote Cotnrol, Wed HD
    • Auto APPE Signature Upgrade
    • Block P2P Applications (inc. Kazza, WinMX, Bittorrent)
    • Block Instant messaging
    • Block access of web sites by direct IP address (thus URLs only)
    • Block HTTP download of compressed, executable or multimedia files
    • Web Content Filter: GlobalView filtering of 64 web site categories (e.g. adult, gambling sites etc.). subscription required (free trial included)
    • Time Scheduling: Blocking rules can be activated based on time schedules

  • User Management

    • Manage account features through User Profiles - VPN, PPPoE, Web Portal, FTP, Samba
    • Internal RADIUS Server
    • External LDAP / Active Directory server authentication with SSL support
    • External RADIUS server authentication
    • PPPoE Server
    • Guest Profiles with Guest Account Generator
    • Web Portal Features:
      • User Authentication for Internet access with Time Quotas
      • SMS Authentication (requires SMS provider)
      • Web Portal Login Page Customisation
      • Login History

  • System Management

    • Web-Based User Interface: Integrated server for router management (via HTTP or HTTPS)
    • Telnet/SSH : Command line control and configuration
    • Configuration Backup/Restore
    • Built-in diagnostics, dial-out triger, routing table, ARP table, DHCP Table, NAT Sessions Table, data flow monitor, traffic graph, ping diagnostics, traceroute
    • Firmware Upgrade by HTTP, TFTP & FTP
    • Syslog Logging
    • SNMP Management: v1/v2/v3, MIB II
    • Mail Alert & Mail Notifications with SSL & StartTLS encryption support
    • Vigor ACS-SI Centralised Management: TR-069 compatible for ACS platform
    • Compatible with Smart Monitor Traffic Analyser : Windows software for up to 100 users

  • Central Management

    • AP Management - Manage up to 30 compatible VigorAP access points - New!
    • Switch Management - Manage up to 10 compatible VigorSwitch switches - New!
    • VPN Management - Manage up to 12 DrayTek Vigor routers

  • Certificate Management

    • Local Certificates for HTTPS, SSL & VPN
    • Remote Certificates; Sign and manage certificates from other devices - New!

  • Bandwidth Management

    • Traffic Shaping: Dynamic bandwidth management with IP traffic shaping
    • Bandwidth Reservation: Connection or client based
    • Packet Size Control
    • DiffServ Codepoint Classifying
    • 4 Priority Levels (Inbound/Outbound)
    • Individual IP Bandwidth Session Limits per user/group
    • Bandwidth Borrowing
    • User-defined class-based rules

  • Routing Functions

    • IPv4 & IPv6 Dual-Stack
    • Up to 20 LAN Subnets / VLANs
    • DNS Cache/Proxy
    • DHCP Client, Server & Relay
    • DHCP Options: 1,3,6,51,53,54,58,59,60,61,66,125
    • IGMP v1/v2 & Proxy/Snooping
    • uPnP: 500 Sessions
    • NAT: 80,000 Sessions
    • NTP Client with DST Adjustments
    • Static routing
    • Policy-based routing with scheduling - New!
    • BGP Routing protocol
    • Dynamic DNS : Updates DDNS servers with public IP address
    • Port-Based VLAN
    • Tag-Based VLAN: 802.1q
    • Client/Call Scheduling : Real-time clock, with NTP updating schedules access or connectivity
    • Wake-on-LAN : Passed from WAN to preset LAN device

  • Operating Requirements

    • Rack Mountable (Mount brackets included)
    • Temperature Operating : 0 °C ~ 45 ° ° C
    • Storage : -10 °C ~ 70 °C
    • Humidity 10% ~ 90% (non-condensing)
    • Power Consumption: 19W Max
    • Dimensions: L273 * W166 * H44 (mm) (1U Height)
    • Operating Power: 220-240VAC (internal PSU)
    • Warranty
      • Two (2) Year Manufacturer's RTB
      • Optional VigorCare Enhanced Warranty Available
        • VigorCare C3 3 Year Subscription: VCARE-C3
        • VigorCare C5 5 Year Subscription: VCARE-C5