AES-100 User’s Guide

Chapter 1

Getting to Know the AES-100

This chapter describes the key features, benefits and applications of your AES-100.

The AES-100 is an ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) to Ethernet switch. It aggregates traffic from up to 16 ADSL lines to Ethernet.

ADSL allows the coexistence of broadband data service and conventional voice service over the same telephone wire. When deployed together with ZyXEL’s ADSL modems, for instance the P642M, and WAN routers, like the P1400, the combination forms an integrated solution for providing broadband services to multiple tenant units such as apartments, hotels, offices and campus buildings.

1.1Features

Two-Slot Chassis

The AES-100 has two slots for the ADSL to Ethernet multiplexer modules. This design provides the flexibility for you to install as few as a single module for the initial deployment and yet still has room to grow as demand increases.

8-Port ADSL to Ethernet Multiplexer Modules

Each ADSL to Ethernet multiplexer module aggregates traffic from 8 lines to an Ethernet port.

Integrated Splitters

The integrated splitters eliminate the need to use external splitters to separate voice-band and ADSL signals.

10/100 Mbps Auto-sensing Ethernet Port

This 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing Ethernet port connects the AES-100 to an Ethernet network. With Ethernet as the backbone, you can create a network that provides ADSL service to hundreds of subscribers.

ADSL Compliance

•Multi-Mode ADSL standard

ƒG.DMT (ITU-T G.992.1)

ƒG.Lite (ITU-T G.992.2)

ƒG.hs (ITU-T G.994.1)

ƒANSI T1.413 issue 2

•Rate adaptation support

Bridging

•IEEE 802.1D transparent bridging

•Up to 4096 MAC entries address table

•IGMP snooping for appropriate multicast forwarding.

Getting to Know the AES-100

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