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Features

Ease of Installation and Use

 

SPID Wizard automatic configuration for telephone company switch and

 

service profile ID (SPID) numbers.

 

Web-based, point-and-click user interface for configuration and online help.

 

Automatic configuration verification with Internet connection through your

 

Internet Service Provider (ISP).

 

Firmware updates, user guides and technical notes available on the Web.

High Performance

Hi/fn™ LZS® compression, which conforms to these IETF RFCs: The PPP Compression Control Protocol (RFC 1962) and PPP Stacker LZS Compression Protocol (RFC 1974).

Multilink PPP (RFC 1990), which combines two PPP B channel calls to create a virtual, single 128 Kbps network connection.

TollMizer, which places a single B channel or a Multilink PPP data call over a voice connection, saving you the additional charge for a data call.

Connectivity

ISDN Basic Rate U interface.

Built in four-port 10BASE-T, 10 Mbps Ethernet hub. Up to 25 users can be supported by connecting to an external eight port-hub.

Two analog voice ports.

Preferred Provider support which allows simultaneous connections to two different ISPs.

Routing

IP Routing.

Dynamic or static IP addresses supplied by the ISP (WAN side).

WAN access for up to 25 local workstations on the LAN (10BASE-T).

Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server functionality on the LAN, which automatically assigns an IP address to a newly-attached computer on an IP network.

Domain Name Service (DNS) server functionality for the LAN, which translates the common, alphanumeric name of a device to the numeric IP address of a device.

Network Address Translation (NAT) between LAN and WAN, which allows multiple users on the LAN to share a WAN connection. Note that individual email accounts may still be maintained at the ISP.

Multiplexing traffic from several computers to the same remote destination.

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