CNet Unveils Ethernet-to-ATM Hub.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 1995--CNet Technology introduced a powerful new Ethernet-to-ATM Hub that not only meets the industry's advanced communications requirements but also supports today's legacy network users. The new CN9100 LAN-to-WAN hub connects to an ATM switch through the 100Mpbs fiber-optic interface and supplies a dedicated 10Mpbs per port. Using cut-through technology, Ethernet traffic will be filtered and forwarded at the rate of 14,880 packets per second. Local port-to-port switching is also performed at wire speed.

Developed in conjunction with Taiwan's Telecommunications Laboratories, the first customer for the CN9100 hub will be Taiwan's phone service provider, the Directorate General of Telecommunications. "Taiwan is aggressively moving forward to develop a national information infrastructure that will have a strong ATM backbone," said Henry H. Wong, CNet's executive vice president. "We developed a hub that they can use now and then, as higher bandwidth capabilities are more widely installed they can take advantage of the expanded performance capabilities without having to invest in new or additional hardware. Because ATM technology is still undergoing a maturation process in the U.S., as well, we feel that it's important to provide built-in scalability," he explained.

According to Frost & Sullivan, a leading market research firm, the U.S. market for ATM services is expected to exceed $280 million in 1999.

The CN9100 is provided with either four or eight dedicated 10Mbps AUI ports and a 100Mpbs TAXI interface. Another four AUI ports can be added through the use of CNet's CN9100EMS slave module.

In addition to supporting Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) and User Network Interface (UNI) 3.0, the CNet Ethernet-to-ATM hub also supports RFC 1483, SNMP and ILMI standards. Field-upgradable LAN emulation will be available later this year.

The chassis model unit, which can be rack-mounted, is composed of three modules. The CPU module contains most of the hub intelligence as well as serial, parallel and test ports for diagnostics. The ATM module contains the MIC connector for the TAXI interface, and the Ethernet master module contains the four LAN or Ethernet ports.

With a suggested retail price of $9,999, 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]. -0-

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Henry H. Wong, 408/954-8000 or [e-mail]

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Andy Marken, 408/986-0100 or [e-mail]

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