Ottawa, ON — (press release excerpt) — Rebel.com released the latest in the NetWinder product family, the NetWinder 3100 based on the Crusoe processor from Transmeta Corporation. The new Linux-based NetWinder product offers a complete small office Internet solution that is the most power efficient in its class.

NetWinder 3100 is an Internet server appliance that provides small- and medium-sized businesses with full Internet and local area network support, including secure Internet access and e-mail, Web site hosting, printer and file sharing, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) remote access.

Utilizing the capabilities of Transmeta's Crusoe processor, NetWinder 3100 also has exceptional speed, capacity and flexibility -- while using less energy, typically only 14 watts of power — and staying cool in its 1 kg box. By comparison, a typical x86 processor-based server uses approximately 60 watts of power in a 15 kg box.

NetWinder 3100 features include: shared Internet connectivity, including DSL, cable, ISDN, PPPoE and dial-up; five Stage Firewall based on advanced five-stage network packet processing (pre-routing, input, forward, output and post-routing) to protect networks from intrusion; access to the network from anywhere in the world based on RebelConnect, a server-to-server VPN that supports industry standard IPSec protocol; 3 100Base-T network interface ports; 2 USB ports; 2 serial ports; 1 parallel port; easy quick-start setup. The NetWinder 3100 is available now, and is priced starting at $1795 (US).

In the coming months, Rebel.com will be releasing other Crusoe-based NetWinder products including: the NetWinder 3300, a server that will act as an 802.11b wireless network access point, in addition to all of the capabilities included in the NetWinder 3100; the NetWinder 3400, a rackmount server engineered for optimum efficiency of both power consumption and physical space.

 
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