Lancast Announces Unique NIC Solution to Provide High Network Availability; Flexible Network Card Offers Dual Ports With a Single MAC Address.NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 1999-- Lancast Inc., a leading provider of network connectivity solutions, today announced the release of AccessNIC(tm) 100, a dual port network interface card with a single MAC address designed to provide high network availability for business critical applications. The AccessNIC 100 is an especially attractive solution for mid-sized businesses as well as government agencies, educational, financial, medical, military organizations and satellite offices that must maintain connection to the server for system critical applications. The AccessNIC incorporates SMDP SMDP Semi-Markov Decision Process (artificial intelligence) SMDP Single-Member District Plurality (voting system) SMDP Senior Management Development Programme (UK) (tm) (Single MAC Dual Port) technology to make network access reliable and seamless. Utilizing a single MAC address on dual ports, the NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. can be configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: to provide data link redundancy by providing a primary link for normal operation and a secondary link should the network connection fail due to hub, switch or cabling failure. Additional features allow the IS manager to select which data path will be used without physically moving network connections. For applications which require controlled network access, one port on the AccessNIC may be connected to a switch, while the second port remains open. This allows the user to isolate isolate /iso·late/ (i´sah-lat) 1. to separate from others. 2. a group of individuals prevented by geographic, genetic, ecologic, social, or artificial barriers from interbreeding with others of their kind. the workstation from the network by simply selecting which port is active. By connecting the two ports to two different switches or two independent networks, the user has the option to choose which network to connect, i.e., a test network or production network; secured or public network. Because the AccessNIC has a single MAC address, the loss of the primary link is transparent to the user. Unique hardware failover Invoking a secondary system to take over when the primary system fails. Up-to-date copies of all required data and applications are maintained on the secondary system in order to respond immediately if the primary system becomes unusable. Also called "fallover." See replication. circuitry enables extremely fast failover and does not impact server performance in any way. Sites can now "dual home" critical servers and workstations without potential data loops or Spanning Tree issues. Even if a network failure occurs, an entire department (i.e., production, trading floor, accounting, payroll, reservations, etc.) can continue to work. The card utilizes industry-standard SNMP-based protocols for remote management and trap support and integrates into Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 95, 98 and NT. "Businesses today are very dependent on the network and access to business critical information located on a central or departmental server is essential," states Jack Steinkrauss, president of Lancast. "The AccessNIC is targeted towards customers who require resilience resilience (r  ·zilˑ·yens),n in their network but need to keep complexity to a minimum." Pricing and Availability The AccessNIC will be available mid-October. The list price is $299 for the dual 10/100 TX port configuration and ranges from $699 to $1,999 for dual singlemode fiber An optical fiber with a core diameter of less than 10 microns. Used for high-speed transmission over long distances, it provides greater bandwidth than multimode, but its smaller core makes it more difficult to couple the light source. ports. For more information on pricing, please contact your local reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. or Lancast at 603.880.1833 or sales@lancast.com. About LANCAST Lancast, an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 registered company, is leading the way in the design and delivery of modular interconnectivity solutions for evolving networks. The full array of Lancast products allow users to integrate and manage legacy and evolving networking technologies with fault-resilience and failure-recovery options to support business-critical applications. Lancast's comprehensive solution set encompasses products that provide connectivity, media conversion, redundancy and network management. All products are available through Lancast distribution partners around the world. More information on the company and its products can be found at www.lancast.com. Lancast and the Lancast logo are registered trademarks, and AccessNIC and SMDP are trademarks of Lancast, Inc. 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