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ROCHESTER, NH -- November 10, 1997 -- Moving forward with its industry-unique convergence strategy for melding LAN and WAN capabilities, Cabletron Systems (NYSE: CS) announced today the availability of Remote Access Modules for its flagship MMAC-Plus multimedia switching platform.
Using the new 9W006 and 9W007 Remote Access Modules with the MMAC-Plus provides customers with a simple, reliable, cost-effective central site solution to support dial-in connectivity for corporate telecommuters, remote offices, mobile intranet users, and service provider clients.
Today's announcement, along with the previously announced HSIM-W6 WAN uplink module, is another in a series of new offerings that will allow Cabletron's award-winning SmartSwitch architecture to extend to the WAN. The same advanced management, scalability, and security features that support Cabletron's Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, FDDI, and Token Ring technologies, are now applicable to ISDN, analog modem, frame relay, leased line, and X.25 from the same chassis.
Cabletron's tight merging of WAN and LAN switching is in stark contrast to other industry solutions which focus on router technology. Unlike the router architecture, the Cabletron Remote Access Modules, as well as the HSIM-W6, provide remote and branch sites with a non-blocking architecture, the capability to scale as networks grow, comprehensive management of remote access implementation and traffic-flow, and the unrivaled ability to apply switched-based auto-learning configuration to remote access.
Implementing remote access from a centralized router with added LAN interfaces requires manual configuration of devices, offer only a fraction of the total bandwidth capacity at any given time, does not scale well for growing networks, cannot keep running when a functional failure occurs, and does not offer comprehensive manageability.
Cabletron is providing a unique value proposition with its LAN extension capabilities," said Craig Johnson of Current Analysis. "No other vendor can offer customers the ability to connect remote users to a switched LAN infrastructure while taking advantage of the same advanced features provided to their local users."
"Cabletron's integrated LAN and WAN technology not only eliminates customer need for added rack, floor and cabling space, but also additional management, automation, and security features," said Chris Oliver, director of manufacturing & engineering at Cabletron. "Cabletron's LAN/WAN solution frees customers from much of the usual physical space, time, and personnel resource requirements needed to set up and managing remote access capabilities."
The Remote Access Modules provide layer 2 and multiprotocol layer 3 switching as well as bandwidth-on-demand and network layer spoofing to optimally move information between central sites and dial-in users. WAN protocol support includes PPP, Asynch-PPP, and MultiLink-PPP, and robust security is provided via several mechanisms including PAP, CHAP, RADIUS, TACACS, and Security Dynamic's ACE/SecurID.
The modules are hot swappable and auto-configurable to support mission critical on-demand networking; fully interoperable with leading remote site ISDN equipment, such as the Cabletron CyberSWITCH family, as well as with leading analog modems; and can be managed with Cabletron's SPECTRUM Enterprise Manager.
The 9W006 and 9W007 Remote Access Modules will be available January 1998. Pricing and functionality are as follows:
Part # | Description | U.S. List Price |
9W006-200 | 2 ISDN PRI/T1s | $16,995 |
9W006-400 | 4 ISDN PRI/T1s | $23,995 |
9W006-220 | 2 ISDN PRI/T1s + 48 56K digital modems | $39,995 |
9W007-200 | 2 ISDN PRI/E1s | $16,995 |
9W007-400 | 4 ISDN PRI/E1s | $23,995 |
9W007-220 | 2 ISDN PRI/E1s + 60 56K digital modems | $45,745 |
About Cabletron Systems
Cabletron Systems is a recognized leader in providing high-performance intranet
and Internet solutions, including LAN and WAN switches, remote access products
and advanced network and systems management software. With corporate
headquarters in Rochester, NH, Cabletron's common stock is traded over the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol CS.
Cabletron's World Wide Web site can be reached on the Internet at http://
www.cabletron.com.
Cabletron, SecureFast, SmartSwitch, MMAC-Plus, SPECTRUM and CyberSWITCH are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Cabletron Systems.
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