Atlas Communication Engines Announces Onyx SDSL Router for High Speed Data Connectivity Over Regular Telephone Wire.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 1999--

Allows Cost-Effective Internet Access for both Frame And ATM

Based SDSL Services

Atlas Communication Engines, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of voice and data internetworking products for corporate Internet and remote office connectivity, today introduced the Onyx SDSL Router. Supporting both ATM and frame-based HDLC over SDSL, the Onyx router allows users to take advantage of the increasing availability of SDSL data services from a wide range of DSL access providers. Supporting data rates of up to 2.3 Mbps over normal telephone wire, the Onyx SDSL Router is the ideal choice for both high speed Internet and branch/small office connectivity.

The Onyx SDSL Router also supports DSLAMs from multiple vendors, so end users do not need to replace equipment if they change service providers or their service providers change their DSLAMs. For service providers mixing multiple DSLAMs within their POPs, the Onyx SDSL Router promises a single customer platform.

"Onyx Router addresses the needs of both the end user and Internet Service Providers with its ease of use, flexibility and compatibility with multiple platforms," noted Ken Goldsholl, Atlas Communications Engines president. "This flexible platform easily supports either frame or ATM-based connections, giving users and service providers alike a single, low-cost solution."

The Onyx platform supports data rates from 160 Kbps to 2.3 Mbps and fully supports protocols such as PPP, ATM and Frame Relay to allow access to a wide variety of network architectures. Management is made simple with its user-friendly menu interface that is available direct via console or over the SDSL link using Telnet. SNMP management and TFTP for software upgrades further enhance its ease-of-use. The Onyx comes with a 10BaseT Ethernet Interface and interoperates with Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs) from some of the leading manufacturers, including Nokia and Copper Mountain among others. A CSU/DSU version of the Onyx product is also available with a V.35/RS-530 interface in place of the Ethernet port. The Onyx Router is available today with a list price of $499.

Atlas Communication Engines, Inc.

Atlas designs and manufactures voice and data internetworking products such as DSL access equipment, ATM networking products, WAN access routers, and data communications test equipment. Atlas also designs and builds OEM communication engines, which sit at the heart of many leading internetworking products. For more information about Atlas Communication Engines, please visit their web site at http://www.commengines.com.