Asante Announces Fast Ethernet Hub With Fiber Optic Uplink and AsanteView 2.6 Network Management Software; Asante FAST100 TX FX Hub Delivers Easy, Affordable High-Speed Network Connection.Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ASNT ASNT American Society of Non-destructive Testing ASNT American Society for Neural Transplantation ASNT Astrological Association of North Texas (Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex) ASNT Application Sharing Nt ), a leading provider of Ethernet solutions, today announced the AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub, a new product combining Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. TX and fiber optic FX ports in a single hub, and allowing customers to cost-effectively add greater distance high-speed backbone and server connections to the network. Asante also announced a new version of its network management program, AsanteView, that provides more tight integration with Windows 95 and support for the company's new Fast Ethernet products, including the 100 TX/FX Hub. The AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub is a nine-port manageable hub designed with eight 100BASE-TX ports and one 100BASE-FX port, allowing high-speed networking over Category 5 unshielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) unshielded twisted pair - (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. and longer-distance fiber optic wire. The integrated fiber optic port offers a reliable and easy solution for high-speed networking over greater distances -- a total of 308 meters over a fiber optic backbone. This compares with 205 meters over 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet. The hub delivers a range of functionality to give companies an easy migration path to 100BASE-TX networking and speeds 10 times faster than standard 10BASE-T Ethernet. In addition, the AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub is stackable, allowing up to 15 hubs in a stack. It also is easily combined with Asante's other Fast Ethernet hub, the AsanteFAST 100 TX Hub, for a total of 30 AsanteFAST hubs possible in a single Fast Ethernet collision domain A group of nodes in an Ethernet network that compete with each other for access. If two or more devices try to access the network at the exact same time, a collision will occur. A collision domain is typically confined to a subnet. -- the largest on the market. AsanteView 2.6 is the newest version of the company's SNMP-based network management program. The updated version tightly integrates with Microsoft's native TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. protocol stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). included by Microsoft in Windows 95. AsanteView 2.6 also offers management of Asante's new Fast Ethernet products, including both 100 hubs as well as the AsanteFAST 100 Management Module announced in September. The module adds intelligence to AsanteFAST hubs and allows the network to be managed for performance, traffic bottlenecks, collisions and other network vital signs. "Asante is committed to providing solutions that tightly integrate all of our products with Windows 95 and allow customers to take maximum advantage of Fast Ethernet," said Paul Smith, vice president of marketing at Asante. "As part of Asante's Fast Ethernet product line, the new 100 TX/FX hub and AsanteView release give network managers more options than ever to choose from in order to design a 100BASE-T network that meets their own unique needs." The AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub follows the company's June release of the 12-port 100BASE-TX hub, the industry's first stackable Fast Ethernet hub. Like the AsanteFAST 100 TX Hub, the 100 TX/FX hub has Asante's sleek, expansion-card design for easy stackability -- eliminating the need for expensive and clumsy cascading cable. Both hubs are designed to address the performance and throughput requirements of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, , pre-press, digital video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. , and others. Asante also offers Fast Ethernet adapters, including the AsanteFAST 10/100 Adapter for PCI-based PC and Macintosh computers and the AsanteFAST 10/100 Adapter for NuBus-based Macs. The AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub, like Asante's entire Fast Ethernet family, is designed to give companies a network migration path that matches their own growth path. AsanteFAST products enable companies to transition smoothly from 10Mbps to 100Mbps networking. Product Highlights AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub -- Integrated 100BASE-FX Port. Integrated fiber optic connection provides a reliable high-speed uplink to the backbone through and through; thoroughly; entirely. - Lord Lytton. See also: Backbone for computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. over greater distances than 100BASE-TX. -- Stackability. The sleek, compact design of the AsanteFAST hubs provides unique stackability to 358 ports in a single Fast Ethernet collision domain. The hub integrates easily with Asante's 100BASE-TX hubs. No special cables are required to expand network capacity. -- Network Management. Provides network management capabilities to monitor and control network backbone traffic. Managed by AsanteFAST 100 Network Management Module (NMM NMM National Maritime Museum (Greenwich, England) NMM Network Management Module NMM Non Metallic Metal (painting technique) NMM N-Methylmorpholine NMM Naar Mijn Mening ) along with any SNMP-based management product, including AsanteView 2.6 network management software. AsanteView 2.6 -- Support for Asante Fast Ethernet products. AsanteView now supports all new Asante products including the AsanteFAST hubs and management module, in addition to supporting Asante's 10BASE-T products such as the 2072 Hub, 1012 Hub and NetStacker. -- Comprehensive Network Monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. . AsanteView is a powerful and easy-to-use management application. It allows network managers to optimize network performance, investigate traffic bottlenecks, and identify network problems before they become critical. More than 15 performance monitoring statistics are provided to allow effective troubleshooting of the network. -- Easy Configuration. Includes a plug-and-play feature that allows for easy configuration set-up of the new devices. The software automatically detects these new devices in the network and allows the network manager to configure these devices through menus. WINSOCK (WINdows SOCKets) The Windows interface to TCP/IP, which is the communications protocol of Unix networks and the Internet. Windows network applications that communicate via TCP/IP are Winsock compliant as are the implementations of the TCP/IP protocol from Microsoft and 1.1 compliant. -- Multi-Platform. AsanteView supports Windows and Macintosh. It also now includes support for Windows 95. A Unix version of AsanteView is planned for early 1996. Availability The AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub will be available in January. Pricing of the hub will be announced at a later date. AsanteView 2.6 will be available in December at a list price of $399. Both products will be offered through a worldwide network of VARs, system integrators, computer retail stores and distributors. The products are covered under Asante's unique lifetime warranty program, which guarantees free technical support and replacement of defective products. About Fast Ethernet Asante's Fast Ethernet products are fully compliant with industry specifications for Fast Ethernet, including the 802.3u standard approved in June by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. . As a steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun member of the Fast Ethernet Alliance, Asante has worked extensively with more than 80 networking companies to encourage standardization of open, interoperable and cost-effective Fast Ethernet solutions. The Fast Ethernet standard is based on CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) The LAN access method used in Ethernet. When a device wants to gain access to the network, it checks to see if the network is quiet (senses the carrier). media access method of standard Ethernet, allowing data to move between 10BASE-T and 100BASE-T nodes without protocol translation. About Asante Founded in 1988, Asante Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ASNT) designs, manufactures and markets a full line of high-performance products for Ethernet and Fast Ethernet networks, including PC and Macintosh adapter cards, intelligent and non-intelligent hubs, bridges and network management software. For additional information, contact Asante at 800/662-9686 or browse the company's World Wide Web home page at http://www.asante.com. CONTACT: Asante Technologies Inc. Jennifer C. Doettling, 408/435-8401 Ext. 282 jdoettli@asante.com or Golin/Harris Technologies Dawn Harris, 415/904-7000 Ext. 212 dharris@hi-tech.com |
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