ipoque introduces its entry-level PRX-20 Traffic Manager, the smallest appliance on the Internet traffic management market.

PRX-20 provides the same deep packet inspection (DPI) and bandwidth management technology as ipoque’s market-proven larger systems in an appliance the size of a CD jewel case. It has a maximum throughput of 20 Mbits/s and support for up to 256 subscribers making it suitable for any small network installation at space- and power-constraint locations.

Such conditions are usually found in hotels that provide WiFi coverage, Internet cafes, company branch offices and even ships with satellite Internet access. The integrated quality-of-service (QoS) management allows prioritization of business-critical applications while limiting the impact of bandwidth-intensive applications on the overall network performance. For example, bandwidth reservations and a higher priority can be assigned to Voice over IP (VoIP) calls using applications such as Skype. PRX-20 guarantees call quality even if large data exchanges through Web browsing, e-mail transfers or P2P file sharing take place at the same time.

PRX-20 is available fully licensed at a fixed price of US$1,760. While ipoque’s larger appliances come as a base unit plus a number of protocol, feature and bandwidth modules – each with its own price tag, PRX-20 already includes all available options.