3-2 CHAPTER 3: BRIDGING AND ROUTING IN THE LANPLEX® SYSTEM

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Figure 3-1 Traditional Architecture of a Routed Network

LANplex in a The LANplex system allows you to fit Ethernet switching capability into Subnetworked highly subnetworked environments. When you put the LANplex system Environment into such a network, the system streamlines your network architecture

and easily switches traffic between and within subnets over Ethernet and FDDI. See Figure 3-2.

 

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Figure 3-2 Subnetted Architecture with LANplex® Switching Hubs

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