Patton electronic 2158A, 2168A user manual Description, Typical application

2.2 DESCRIPTION

The Patton Electronics CopperLink/L and CopperLink/R Ethernet Extenders provide high-speed LAN connections between peered Ether- net LANs, remote PCs, or any other network enabled 10/100Base-T device.

Operating in pairs, a CopperLink/L (local) located at one end of the LAN extension and a CopperLink/R (remote) at the other end, these units can automatically forward LAN broadcasts, multicasts, and frames across a 2- wire voice-grade twisted-pair link. The data is passed transparently (unmodified) through the CopperLink Ethernet Extenders. The CopperLink Ethernet Extenders automatically add and delete MAC addresses, only passing packets across the CopperLink link that are meant for the remote peered LAN.

Figure 1. Typical application

The CopperLink/Lunit and CopperLink/R unit work together to create a transparent extension between two peered Ethernet LANs. Figure 1 shows a typical point-to-point application.

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