Depending upon the type of bridge connection you select (backplane or the AUI connection), an individual port can connect to any of the following devices:
–ONline System Concentrator
–Ethernet transceivers
–Ethernet repeaters
–Other
ONline System Concentrator
You can connect to another concentrator through the AUI port or through another module that is on the same channel as the Bridge Module. For example, you can use an ONline Fiber Module on the same channel as the bridge backplane connection to interconnect
Ethernet Transceivers
You can use the Bridge Module to interconnect Ethermodem Broadband Ethernet LANs with the ONline System Concentrator. The Bridge Module front panel AUI port connects to a male AUI port on the Ethermodem transceiver. It can also be connected to the following transceivers:
–A transceiver multiplexer such as DEC's DELNI™
–A transceiver on a standard Ethernet coaxial cable
–A transceiver on a thin coaxial or twisted pair cable
–An Ethermodem® broadband transceiver
Ethernet Repeaters
You can use the Bridge Module to interconnect Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 subnetworks that contain repeaters. The bridge acts as a node on each subnetwork to which it is attached, and therefore does not affect the maximum distance or repeater limitations.
