Billion Electric Company BiPAC 8500/8520 Shdsl Multi-Mode Standard, Fast Ethernet Switch

Billion BiPAC 8500/8501/8520/8521 SHDSL (VPN) Firewall Bridge/ Router

Chapter 1: Introduction

Introduction to your Router

Welcome to the Billion BiPAC 8500/ 8501/ 8520/ 8521 SHDSL Router. Your SHDSL router is an “all-in-one” unit, combining an SHDSL modem, SHDSL router and Ethernet network switch, providing everything you need to get the machines on your network connected to the Internet over your SHDSL broadband connection. With features such as an SHDSL Quick-Start wizard and DHCP Server, you can be online in no time at all and with minimum fuss and configuration, catering for both first-time users and professionals who require advanced features to control their Internet connection and network.

Features

SHDSL Multi-Mode Standard

BiPAC 8500 / 8520 SHDSL supports downstream and upstream transmission rates of up to 2.3 / 4.6 Mbps, respectively, and BiPAC 8501 SHDSL.bis can support up to 5.7 Mbps on 2-wire and 8521 SHDSL.bis can support up to 11.4 Mbps on 4-wire. BiPAC 85xx series also supports rate management that allows SHDSL subscribers to select an Internet access speed suiting their needs and budgets. BiPAC 8500/ 8520 and 8501/ 8521 follows ITU standard PAM16 Line Code complies with G.991.2 and G.994.1 standards, and BiPAC 8501 follows PAM 32 Line code with G.991.2 and G.991.2.bis standards. These three models can support Annex A and B operating mode.

Fast Ethernet Switch

A 4-port 10/100Mbps fast Ethernet switch is built in with automatic switching between MDI and MDI-X for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX ports. An Ethernet straight or crossover cable can be used directly for auto detection.

Multi-Protocol to establish a connection

It supports PPPoA (RFC 2364 - PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5), RFC 1483 encapsulation over ATM (bridged or routed), PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516), and IPoA (RFC1577) to establish a connection with the ISP. The product also supports VC-based and LLC-based multiplexing.

Quick Installation Wizard

It supports a WEB GUI page to install this device quickly. With this wizard, end users not only can enter the information they get from their ISP easily, it also enables immediate internet suffing.

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and UPnP NAT Traversal

This protocol is used to enable simple and robust connectivity among stand-alone devices and PCs from many different vendors. It makes networking simple and affordable for users. UPnP architecture leverages TCP/IP and the Web to enable seamless proximity networking in addition to controling data transfer among networked

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Chapter 1: Introduction