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Principal Features
The principal features of the Bridge/Router Module are:
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Easy to install, configure and support.
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BRI B
ridge/Router Module – 2 x Basic Rate Interface ISDN, 2B+D port,
supporting Basic Rate interface of two 64 Kbps channels (or possibly two
56 Kbps channels in the USA) and a 16 Kbps control channel. Available
with a
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ISDN interface.
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PRI Bridge/Router Module– Primary Rate Interface ISDN supporting up
to eight 64 Kbps channels connecting to ISDN through the PRI
Interface Module.
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Two leased line wide area network (WAN) access ports
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The PRI Bridge/Router Module supports a total of eight ISDN/WAN ports. If
both WAN ports are to be used, only six ISDN channels can be connected
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The maximum bandwidth of the Bridge/Router Module is 2 Mbps. If you
have a single leased-line link running at 2 Mbps connected to a WAN port,
you must disable the ISDN ports and the second WAN port.
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Three standard Ethernet LAN connections.
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Data terminal equipment (DTE) management port.
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Support for full IP and IPX routing.
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Protocol transparent bridging.
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Sophisticated data packet filtering to provide network security.
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Provides NetWare protocol
spoofing
.
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Data compression based on an optimized Lempel Ziv algorithm.
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Scalable R
outer Clustering (SRC) to optimize ISDN routing and line
usage.
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Remote and local management.
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Flash erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), allowing the
remote upgrading of the units operating system.
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Uses simple network management protocol (SNMP) and provides
management information base (MIB) II support.