Prestige 794M User’s Guide

CHAPTER 1

Introduction

1.1 About Your Prestige

Your Prestige integrates high-speed 10/100Mbps auto-negotiating LAN interface(s) and a high-speed SHDSL port into a single package. The Prestige is ideal for high-speed Internet browsing and making LAN-to-LAN connections to remote networks. The Prestige is also an SHDSL router.

By integrating SHDSL and NAT, the Prestige provides ease of installation and Internet access. The Prestige is also a complete security solution with a robust firewall and content filtering.

1.2 Features

The following sections describe the features of the Prestige.

Multi-Mode Standard

Your Prestige supports symmetric data rates of up to 4.6Mbps. It also supports rate management that allows subscribers to select a speed to fit their needs and budgets. The Prestige uses the ITU standard PAM16 Line Code, complies with G.991.2 and G.994.1 standards.

10/100M Auto-negotiating Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Interface(s)

This auto-negotiation feature allows the Prestige to detect the speed of incoming transmissions and adjust appropriately without manual intervention. It allows data transfer of either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode depending on your Ethernet network.

4-Port Switch

A combination of switch and router makes your Prestige a cost-effective and viable network solution. You can connect up to four computers to the Prestige without the cost of a hub. Use a hub to add more than four computers to your LAN.

Encapsulation

The Prestige supports PPPoA (RFC 2364 - PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5), RFC 1483 encapsulation over ATM, MAC encapsulated routing (ENET encapsulation), IPoA (RFC1577) as well as PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516).

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