HP t 5708FX 8-Port Fast Eth manual Compaq Netelligent Repeater and Switch Products cont’d

COMPAQ NETELLIGENT REPEATER AND SWITCH PRODUCTS (cont’d.)

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Many vendors who entered the Fast Ethernet market were only able to provide products with limited capabilities. Compaq chose to aggressively attack this new market with a different approach – offering customers a choice. On the entry level, Compaq offers basic repeaters that provide low-cost per-port connectivity. For larger, more demanding networks, Compaq offers stackable repeaters with features such as Smart Uplink, RMON, redundant power, and segmentation. These features and others serve to distinguish the Compaq Netelligent 100Base-T product line from any competitive products shipping to date.

Fast Ethernet is attractive because it offers high performance at a low-cost. Many companies are implementing entry-level Fast Ethernet repeaters in environments where power users need the additional performance Fast Ethernet can provide. Also, customers view Fast Ethernet as an alternative to FDDI in the corporate backbone network. In both cases, Fast Ethernet is being aggressively evaluated for wide-spread corporate deployment to the desktop and is becoming the desktop network technology of choice. These same companies are implementing high-end Fast Ethernet solutions as their strategic long-term network investment.

Compaq took an early lead in Fast Ethernet and began shipping repeaters beginning in December 1994 as NetWorth. In the first half of 1995, NetWorth held nearly 50% market share in Fast Ethernet repeaters. Since then, NetWorth has introduced several industry firsts. Today, Compaq is the only company that offers a full-featured Fast Ethernet stackable product capable of expanding Fast Ethernet topologies beyond the limitations of the Fast Ethernet specification.

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