Farallon Communications 612, 412 manual Chapter Introduction

1-1

Chapter 1

Introduction

The Netopia ISDN Modem is an external, stand-alone, ISDN terminal adapter. Using Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) technology, the Netopia ISDN Modem provides high-speed access to analog and digital services. With the Netopia ISDN Modem, you can access the Internet, your corporate local area network (LAN), or another individual computer.

This chapter introduces the Netopia ISDN Modem and its features.

It also explains the requirements for using the Netopia ISDN

Modem.

	Netopia
	ISDN Modem
Analog Modem		Internet
		or
		on-line service
ISDN line	Public telephone
		Analog or ISDN line
	network
Analog telephone
	Analog or ISDN line	Corporate
		LAN

Analog and digital network access with the Netopia ISDN Modem