Direct Protect+
Protect Your Whole Family
Only available to customers who lease our GigaSpire routers
Blazing Speeds and Whole-Home Coverage
With Gigabit WiFi speeds, the Gigaspire provides more than enough bandwidth for everyone in your household. And no matter how many devices are connected at the same time, everyone enjoys the same outstanding WiFi performance. Based on WiFi 6, the Gigaspire provides a 2,500′ range, higher efficiency, and is less affected by interference from other nearby WiFi gateways. The GigaSpire BLAST u6.1 has four Gigabit Ethernet ports so you can also connect a variety of wired multimedia devices for rapid data sharing across your network.
Cutting Edge
Experience a growing selection of applications powered by a flexible operating system, enhancing everything about your connected life from parental controls to the latest in network security and more.
Lighting Fast
No lag and no downtime with Multi-user, Multi-input, Multi-output (MU-MIMO tech) with 8 streams of data simultaneously.
Broad Coverage
Market leading 2,500 foot range with WiFi 6. Experience the same great WiFi quality everywhere you roam in your home.
High Performance
With Dual-band WiFi 6 (802.11ax) you can experience the most advanced WiFi bandwidth everywhere in your home.
Secure
Automatic software updates provide improved security to ensure that you’re getting the most from your Internet service.
Flexible
“Plug & Play” friendly with easy Mesh units. Chances are you won’t need them, but the latest in Mesh technology extends the highest performing WiFi to every part of your home, no matter how big.
Direct Protect+
Features
Set up your Direct Protect+ system with minimal support. Customize settings across all connected devices, applications, family members, and rooms to create your own ultimate experience. Receive timely and helpful messages and alerts to know of any issues and provide offers and services that can enhance subscriber experience.
Network Security
As viruses and malware become increasingly sophisticated, your network requires an equally innovative solution. Direct Protect+ helps you keep a lock on your network – and alerts you when any unwanted visitors try to enter.
Protect What Matters
Parental controls are a network-level security service included in Direct Protect+. This unique feature protects all devices connected to your WiFi network. When it’s connected, it’s protected!
Network Management
Take complete control of your home Wi-Fi system through the CommandIQ app and get the ultimate Wi-Fi experience through your tailored and customized home network.
ProductSpecifications
Home Gateway:
- Layer 2 bridge and Layer 3 routing for High Speed Internet (HSI) data and IPTV video services
- DHCP server options
- DHCP (IPoE) and PPPoE network connections
- Network Access Translation (NAT), public to private IP addressing
- Configurable IP address schemes, subnets, static-IP addresses
- DNS server
- Bridge port assignment and data traffic
- Port forwarding
- Firewall and security
- Application and website filtering
- Selectable forwarding and blocking policies
- DMZ hosting
- Parental controls, time of day usage
- Denial of service (DoS) protection
- MAC filtering
- Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP)
WiFi:
- 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, simultaneous dual-band
- 5 GHz 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) certified, 802.11a/n/ac compatible
- 6×6 streams (2×2 @ 2.4 GHz and 4×4 @ 5 GHz)
- 2.4 GHz 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) certified, 802.11b/g/ac compatible
Gigabit Ethernet (GE) LAN interfaces:
- Four (4) ports of multi-rate 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet, auto-negotiating for residential IPTV and data services
1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) WAN interface:
- Multi-rate 100/1000/2500 BASE-T Ethernet, autonegotiating
WiFi Redundant Mesh:
- Self Managed: self configuration, Air time fairness
- Dynamic Mesh: load balancing, band/node steering; interference management
- Self Healing: backhaul failover; diagnostics; events
Cutting Edge
Experience a growing selection of applications powered by a flexible operating system, enhancing everything about your connected life from parental controls to the latest in network security and more.
4 Ports
Multiple routing ports.
