3Com DSA-3CV1001-02 service manual Overview, Visitor, Community, Network Major, Features Benefits

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OVERVIEW

	This chapter provides an overview of the Visitor and Community Network
	Access Point.
	The chapter includes the following topics:
	■ Visitor and Community Network Major Features and Benefits
	■ Visitor and Community Network Applications
	■ VCN Access Point Features
Visitor and	A Visitor and Community Network system (VCN) consists of a Access
Community	Concentrator (VCN AC) and up to 24 VCN Access Points (VCN AP)
Network Major	connected by conventional 4-wire telephone cables.
Features and
Benefits
Features	The following are the major features of the Visitor and Community
	Network system:
	■ The Visitor and Community Network system works over existing
	cabling infrastructure and supports all Plain Old Telephone Services
	(POTS) while simultaneously providing Ethernet connectivity at speeds
	up to 10 Mbps full duplex.
	■ The Visitor and Community Network system’s geographic range is 4
	kilo feet from an VCN AP to an VCN AC over Category 1 to Category
	5 cabling.
	■ The system supports Ethernet 802.1Q frames transparently. The
	maximum supported frame length is 1536 bytes.
	■ The customer can simultaneously engage in two analog toll quality
	conversations while sending high speed digital data on the POTS
	cable.