2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

Thank you for your purchase of this Patton Electronics product. This product has been thoroughly inspected and tested and is warranted for One Year parts and labor. If any questions or problems arise during installation or use of this product, please do not hesitate to contact us at: (301) 975-1007, http://www.patton.com; support@patton.com.

2.1 FEATURES

Installs in Patton’s baseband modem, CSU/DSU, 64k/G.703 converter and fiber modem base units

Provides MAC level connection between two peered Ethernet

LANs

Operates transparently to higher level protocols such as TCP/IP, DECnet, NETBIOS and IPX

No configuration necessary

Automatically discovers, loads and deletes MAC addresses

512 KB on-board RAM

Modular 10Base-T connection (RJ-45)

Two LED indicators: status & link integrity

2.2 DESCRIPTION

The Patton IM1/I QuikConnect™ Ethernet WAN bridge module installs in Patton’s copper and fiber base units to provide seamless Ethernet LAN extension. The Patton IM1/I performs the bridging function between two physically separate Ethernet LANs at the MAC level. Operation of the Patton IM1/I is transparent to higher network level protocols such as TCP/IP, DECnet, NETBIOS and IPX.

Once installed in the local Patton base unit, the Patton IM1/I works in a “plug and play” manner to forward LAN broadcasts, multicasts and frames destined for the peered Ethernet LAN at the remote end (the Patton base unit at the remote end must also be equipped with an IM1/I module). Using the Patton IM1/I, peered Ethernet LANs can be linked over leased 2-wire/4-wire, DDS, PCM and campus fiber circuits.

2.3 TYPICAL APPLICATION

The Model IM1/I QuickConnect™ is designed to plug directly into the rear of a Patton Electronics baseband modem (i.e. Model 1090 or 1092). The Model IM1/I is designed to be used as one of a pair of units. Figure 1 (below) illustrates a typical Model IM1/I installation.

 

Ethernet WAN Bridge

 

 

Corporate Headquarters

QuikConnect™ Module

 

 

 

 

 

 

DDS Network

(Model 2530)

 

PCM Network

(Model 2073)

LAN

768k

Leased Line (Model 1094)

512k

Leased Line (Model 1093)

 

 

128k

Leased Line (Model 1092)

 

64k Leased Line

(Model 1090)

 

128k

Single Fiber

(Model 1184)

 

256k

Single Fiber

(Model 1185)

Ethernet WAN Bridge

Remote/Satellite Office

QuikConnect™ Module

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN

Figure 1. Typical Model IM1/I application

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Patton electronic IM1/I user manual Features, LANs, Description, Typical Application