Patent ID: 8161188

Claim:
A device for providing network access control utilizing traffic-regulation hardware, the device comprising: (a) at least one client-side port for operationally connecting to a client system; (b) at least one network-side port for operationally connecting to a network; (c) a logic module for regulating network traffic, based on device-related data, between said at least one client-side port and said at least one network-side port, said logic module including: (i) a memory unit for storing and loading said device-related data; and (ii) a CPU for processing said device-related data; and (d) at least one relay, between respective said at least one client-side port and respective said at least one network-side port, configured to open upon receiving a respective network-access-denial command from said logic module; wherein said logic module is configured to maintain an open-relay line-rate greater than zero for all of said network traffic when said at least one relay is open, and to maintain a closed-relay line-rate for all of said network traffic when said at least one relay is closed.