Jungo Releases OpenRG Version 1.3 – Adds USB Slave and RNDIS Modules, and Support for IDT’s Integrated Communication Processors

San Jose, Calif., June 30, 2002

Jungo Software Technologies, a leading provider of residential gateway software and technologies today announced the availability of Version 1.3 of OpenRG – Jungo’s embedded software platform for broadband access devices. In Version 1.3, OpenRG delivers Universal Serial Bus (USB) and RNDIS modules, as well as enhanced security features, compliance with ICSA Version 4.0 criteria for Firewall certification, and support for the IDT RC32334 and IDTRC32332 integrated communications processors and the 79S334J evaluation board (optimized for wireless LAN, and SOHO and residential gateways).

OpenRG’s small footprint Universal Serial Bus (USB) stack offers an industry standard data communication channel between master and slave devices. OpenRG USB slave support provides for the connection of LAN PCs to the gateway utilizing the standard USB connector available on most PCs. OpenRG now also includes Remote NDIS (RNDIS), a bus-independent class specification for Ethernet (802.3) network devices, offering seamless communication within the local network. OpenRG currently supports all specifications for the pending WHQL certification for USB and RNDIS.

OpenRG Version 1.3 additions and further enhancements include new configuration tools, predefined security levels, refined logging capabilities for comprehensive management and persistency support for protection against power failures and accidental reboots. Service providers and MSOs can now fully control their subscriber firewall through remote access to OpenRG management. OpenRG’s VPN package now provides improved logging capabilities, enhanced key exchange management, and more flexible creation methods.

OpenRG Version 1.3 supports IDT’s RC32334/2 processors and compliments the IDT 79S334J reference platform that incorporates advanced system management functions to simplify the installation, management and network configuration functions required for gateway products. The IDT/Jungo high performance, low cost reference design enables system vendors and service providers to accelerate time to market and cost-effectively develop and deploy products using a broadband access line.

Pricing and Availability

Pricing and Availability OpenRG is available today for system vendors creating a sophisticated revenue-generating broadband access device. For pricing information please contact us at: openrg@jungo.com.

 About OpenRG

Jungo’s OpenRG™ software for residential gateways enables delivery of innovative, usable and manageable value-added services to the evolving digital home, while minimizing the telco’s support costs and VAS time-to-market. OpenRG supports all popular home networks and access networks, and includes high-performance feature-rich VAS enablers, such as QoS, VoIP, Firewall and Remote management, as well as a growing set of value-added services. Millions of Jungo-based gateways are deployed

About Jungo

Jungo is a leading provider of software products and solutions that power residential broadband service offerings and connectivity solutions. Our residential broadband products enable 40 million of the world’s residential gateways. Our connected home, application framework and remote management solutions let service providers easily launch value-added broadband services and manage and monitor their delivery. Jungo’s unique home broadband offerings enable service providers to accelerate the introduction of a variety of innovative, revenue generating digital home services, while enhancing their competitive edge and reducing operational costs.

Jungo’s connectivity solutions division offers extensive connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI, including WinDriver™, a driver development toolkit that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and USBware™, a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.

Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. To learn more, visit www.jungo.com/st.

 

By admin in on June 30, 2002