What is the main difference between WinGate and the Prestige 310 ?

# WinGate is a software only solution that needs to be installed in a dedicated Windows 95 PC based server. The total cost and complexity are many times over ATI?s product. The Prestige 310 Internet Access Sharing Router is a plug-n-play internet appliance. # WinGate requires all TCP/IP applications such as Netscape Navigator to be reconfigured to have the dedicated server as a proxy. The Prestige 310 Internet Access Sharing Router does not require users to reconfigure any software at all. # The Prestige 310 Internet Access Sharing Router uses Network Address Translation (NAT) scheme, which supports all TCP/UDP ports. WinGate only supports limited number of ports, such as http(80), ftp(21), telnet(23), and pop3(110). # WinGate works as a proxy, while the Prestige 310 Internet Access Sharing Router works as a gateway. The gateway approach is more efficient than the proxy during the processing of TCP/IP commands. As a result, the Prestige 310 Internet Access Sharing Router achieves 10% to 20% higher performance than that of software solutions such as WinGate. # The Prestige 310 Internet Access Sharing Router uses Solid State Disk technology. There are no moving parts in the product. It is much more reliable than any hard disk based system, such as the one for WinGate.