Cisco Announces Additions to High-Performance LAN Product Family; New 10/100 Hubs Offer Seamless Migration to Fast Ethernet.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 1998--Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced two new autosensing 10/100 Mbps hubs, the FastHub(R) 112T and 124T. Both are simple-to-deploy, cost-effective hubs that support Ethernet and 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. users and devices simultaneously, offering seamless migration to higher-performance networking solutions. These hubs can connect up to 12 or 24 PCs, printers, servers or other devices at either Ethernet or Fast Ethernet speeds, preserving customers' investments in their current Ethernet network. "Cisco is continuing to broaden its LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. product family, offering customers a comprehensive set of end-to-end networking solutions," said Bill Rossi, director of product marketing for the Small Internetworks Business Unit at Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. . "The Cisco FastHub 112T and 124T bring low-cost, autosensing hub offerings to Cisco's growing line of 10/100 products, which includes the recently announced Catalyst(R) 2900 series XL switches." Features The rack-mountable FastHub 112T and 124T offer 12 or 24 10BaseT/100BaseTX autosensing ports, respectively, with internal bridging for fast exchange of information among users and workgroup servers. Autosensing enables each port to support either Ethernet and Fast Ethernet devices automatically, without reconfiguration. An internal bridge function transparently interconnects attached 10BaseT and 100BaseTX devices, making network installation and configuration simple. The hubs' Class II repeater (1) A communications device that amplifies (analog) or regenerates (digital) the data signal in order to extend the transmission distance. Available for both electronic and optical signals, repeaters are used extensively in long distance transmission. design allows users to connect FastHub 112T or 124T units to other Fast Ethernet hubs to create larger Fast Ethernet networks. Pricing and Availability The Cisco FastHub 112T and 124T are available today and have U.S. list prices of $995 ($91 per port) and $1,595 ($66 per port), respectively. Both products are available through authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Cisco resellers. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, 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 :CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. -0- Note to Editors: Catalyst, Cisco, Cisco Systems, the Cisco Systems logo and FastHub are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Cisco Systems Inc. Michael Hakkert, 408/526-4794 mhakkert@cisco.com or Cunningham Communication Inc. Cathy Keller, 650/858-3782 ckeller@ccipr.com |
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