Farallon Communications NetopiaTM manual About the Netopia Isdn PC Card

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CHAPTER 1

About the Netopia ISDN PC Card

Congratulations on your purchase of the Farallon Netopia ISDN PC Card! The Netopia ISDN PC Card provides easy and affordable high-speed Basic Rate ISDN connection to the Internet or to your office local area network (LAN).

Internet access. The Netopia ISDN PC Card allows Internet connec- tions over an ISDN line at speeds of up to 512 kilobits per second. With this speed, it’s easier and more cost-effective to access online services or browse the World Wide Web and download high-resolution graphics, video clips, interactive games, or music.

Work-at-home access. The Netopia ISDN PC Card provides the tele- commuter with fast access to network resources back at the office. You can access applications such as email, or download data from a remote database, in a fraction of the time it would take with a conven- tional analog modem.

Ease of use. The Netopia ISDN PC Card can be installed in a notebook computer or any computer equipped with a PC Card (PCMCIA) slot. Advanced PC Card technology emulates the computer’s COM port, complementing your communications application without the need for additional device drivers, and providing higher throughput than exter- nal serial ISDN devices. Netopia configuration software makes it easy to set up and use the PC Card.

The Netopia ISDN PC Card is available in S/T and U interface ver- sions. The U version offers an integrated-NT1 (Network Termination device) so that no other equipment is required.