Bay Networks Becomes First Major networking Vendor to Deliver Branch Office Router with 10/100BASE-T Autosensing.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1998--

--Baystack Advanced Remote Node (ARN) provides easy migration

to Fast Ethernet technologies in the remote office--

Bay Networks, Inc. (NYSE:BAY) today announced significant enhancements to the BayStack(tm) A and level of integration are unmatched by other leading branch office routers, delivering an easy-to-manage solution for the rising bandwidth demands of existing and future applications, including Internet access and multimedia. The ARN router is a key product in Bay Networks' aggressive strategy to continuously create more value at the edge of the wide area network, as articulated today in a separate announcement detailing the Access Cornerstone of Adaptive Networking.

"The new options to the ARN product further enhance its position as the industry's best-in-class branch router solution, and reinforce our commitment to providing customers with open solutions that meet their current and future connectivity requirements," said Kelly McGovern, vice president of Internet Telecom Marketing at Bay Networks. "Bay Networks' first to market support for 10/100 autosensing offers the option to support Fast Ethernet today -- or tomorrow -- as high bandwidth applications and multimedia migrate from a central office focus to a branch office necessity. Combining BayRS(tm) industrial strength routing with industry leading Firewall-1 security on a low cost platform with integrated T1/FT1 DSU/CSU and auto sensing 10/100BASE-T creates the ideal Internet access solution."

The BayStack ARN product is the fastest, most flexible, low-cost branch office router in the industry with autosensing 10BASE-T/100-BASE-TX. Because intranet use and application complexity is growing exponentially, keeping pace with bandwidth demands is critical to network performance. LAN upgrades from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps will be autosensed and supported without administrative intervention, making these transitions seamless.

"The BayStack ARN offers the speed I need in remote sites, for a fraction of the cost of comparable products," said Jay Cann, senior telecommunications analyst, Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company. "With 10/100 autosensing I get the performance, dependability and ease-of-installation that I require in order to deploy multiple applications quickly."

Additional ARN enhancements include:

--Integrated T1/Fractional T1 DSU/CSU module. The module incorporates a fully managed T1 Data Service Unit/Channel Service Unit that simplifies the deployment and management of Internet and intranet connectivity. It enables enterprises to deploy integrated high-speed branch office connectivity solutions that can be centrally managed as single devices.

--BaySecure Firewall-1. Bay Networks has bolstered the requirement for air-tight security. BaySecure Firewall-1 manager simultaneously supports multiple routers with firewall agents, centrally applying network security policy. By adding integrated firewall support, enterprises with networks having even hundreds of routers can benefit from a seamless FireWall-1 solution.

--X.25 PAD. The ARN X.25 PAD provides support for legacy applications that use the X.25 protocol for communications. As networks migrate from X.25 to more cost-effective backbone networks such as IP over Frame Relay, the ARN X.25 PAD provides an easy migration path to an IP based network.

The Bay Networks BayStack Advanced Remote Node (ARN)

The ARN router delivers an innovative, flexiple legacy data (SNA, BSC, polled async and X.25) devices to be integrated directly into the ARN product. Integrated CSU/DSU, ISDN BRI, modem and RMON2 probe options help ease remote network management. As a result, the ARN router significantly lowers total cost of ownership and provides the highest degree of investment protection for enterprise networks.

List Pricing

ARN Router Base Unit $2645 Integrated T1/Fractional T1 DSU/CSU module $1195 BaySecure Firewall-1 $1500 X.25 PAD $1500

About Bay Networks

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