CNet Hubs Open Taiwan's Information Superhighway; High-Speed, Broadband Traffic.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1995--Using existing Ethernet LANs, companies in Taiwan accessed the country's new ATM backbone this week as Premier Lien Chan officially opened the Republic of China's (ROC) National Information Infrastructure (NII). Using a combination of Ethernet-to-ATM hubs developed by CNet Technology and ATM switches, ROC officials demonstrated the high-speed broadband capabilities of the new document, data and video communications network.

Constructed by the country's telecom service provider, the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT), the ATM-based network is an integral part of the ROC's long-range plan to make Taiwan a global information center.

Iway On-Ramps

Used as "on-ramps" to the information superhighway, the network incorporates CNet's new CN9100 hubs which are supplied with either four or eight dedicated 10Mbps AUI ports and a 100Mbps interface. The powerful new switching hub was developed to meet the networking demands of high technology firms that required high-performance and economy. The CN9100 includes support for Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) and user network interface 3.0. As a MAC-layer device, the CNet hub permits all protocols to be used and filters Ethernet traffic. Using cut-through technology, the switching hubs forward data at the rate of 14,880 packets per second.

To demonstrate the versatility and capabilities of the nationwide broadband network Premier Lien (at the DGT office) participated in a video conference with vice premier Shih Chi-Yang who was at the Center for High-Speed Computing. Following the video conference, physicians at three different hospitals viewed a patient's medical records as well as pictures and x-rays of the patient's injury and discussed the case on-line. In a third demonstration, students at several universities viewed and participated in a lecture that was being given at the Communications University.

Flawless Operation

According to Max Lu, CNet's vice president of research and development, the CNet CN9100 hubs, which provided real-time voice and video to the desktop, performed flawlessly in each application. "We're proud to be playing such a key role in the building of Taiwan's NII," he commented. "The CN9100 gives us valuable real application experience that we'll be able to use in the design, development and production of ATM hub products for CNet's resellers as well as OEM custom and private-label customers."

With a suggested retail price of under $10,000, the new CNet CN9100 LAN-to-WAN switching hub is 17.4" W x 5.1" H x 10.6" D. The unit is provided with a universal internal power supply as well as diagnostic, traffic and power indicator LEDs.

CNet Technology Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a complete family of local and wide area network products which support Ethernet, ARCnet, Token-Ring, ATM and ISDN protocols. CNet's switching hubs, routers, SNMP solutions, network interface cards, standard hubs and repeaters are available through authorized networking resellers worldwide.

For more information, contact CNet Technology, Inc.; 2199 Zanker Road; San Jose, CA 95131; [phone]; FAX [phone].

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