Product Brief
Enterprise WAN Access Solutions
Product Model | IpLink™ Model 2888 |
Product Name | Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux |
Usage | Transparent Ethernet Extender over Bonded T1/E1 Circuits |
Product Description
The Model 2888 Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux is a managed Ethernet bridge with two (2) Gigabit Ethernet ports and either two (2) or four (4) T1/E1 ports. The Inverse Mux transports jumbo Ethernet frames over bonded T1/E1 circuits using Multi-link PPP, creating up to an 8 Mbps transparent Ethernet connection. Complete with Layer 2/3 filtering, Layer 2/3 traffic shaping and Active Layer 2/3 QoS, the Model 2888 enhances an enterprise’s ability to address the Wide Area Network (WAN) bandwidth requirements of most Ethernet applications.
Who is it for?
The Model 2888 Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux is designed to bridge the Ethernet/IP bandwidth gap between a single T1/E1 and a T3/E3. Bandwidth hungry applications such as database/Intranet, VoIP and surveillance video over IP that need to be transported over the WAN will benefit from a resilient multi-circuit solution.
Position Statement
For enterprise IT Managers needing to bridge the bandwidth gap between a single T1/E1 and a T3/E3, the IpLink™ Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux transparently transports Ethernet over bonded T1/E1 circuits. Unlike solutions from Cisco and others, which are difficult to configure, the Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux makes it easy to transparently pass ALL Ethernet frames over the WAN while applying ACTIVE Layer 2/3 QoS, traffic shaping and filtering.
Feature Benefit Summary
Feature | Advantage | Benefit |
Bonded T1/E1 | Bridge the bandwidth gap between | Provide symmetric high-speed network |
| a single T1/E1 and a T3/E3 | interfacing that is affordable to and |
| | right-sized for the application’s need |
Transparent | Transparently bridge Ethernet traffic | Avoid complicated IP routing |
Ethernet Bridging | and pass any application traffic | configurations needed to create |
| | redundancy |
Active QoS | Provide the managed tools to ensure | Guarantee real-time application services |
| network up-time & application | with bandwidth on demand |
| availability to different traffic flows | |
