Basic UDP Packet forwarders
✘ JSON-based protocol based over UDP
✘ Complicated to setup for firewalled environments
✘ No security
✘ No authentication
✘ No encryption
✘ Difficult to use with small MTU network
✘ No persistent connection
✘ Very difficult to get any accurate connection stats
✘ Requires a complex firewall logic to make scalable
LORIOT Gateway Software
✔ JSON based protocol over TCP
✔ Single outgoing HTTPS connection (port 443)
✔ TLS v1.2
✔ Optional standard certificate-based mutual authentication
✔ Easy to setup on any type of network
✔ Network failover (e.g. 3G / 4G to Ethernet and back)
✔ Full remote control from dashboard
✔ Full remote configuration from dashboard
✔ Remote access via SSH tunnel
✔ Self-updating, maintenance free operation
✔ GPS synchronized multicast downlink
✔ Advanced downlink planning and queuing for maximum downlink capacity
✔ Advanced uplink queuing for zero data loss and scale-out during lost NS connection
✔ Can poll local sensors and operating system parameters
✔ Can monitor CPU, RAM and storage usage
✔ Support for legacy USB-based radio front-ends
✔ Support for both v1.x and v2.x LoRa gateway hardware