N.E.T. Announces FrameXpress 900 Frame Relay Access Device - A Modular, Multiprotocol FRAD for Data and Voice.REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 1997--N.E.T. today announced the FrameXpress(tm) 900 frame relay access device (communications) Frame Relay Access Device - (FRAD) Hardware and software that turns packets from TCP, SNA, IPX, etc into frames that can be sent over a Frame Relay wide area network. (FRAD (Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler Disassembler) A communications device that formats outgoing data into the format required by a frame relay network. It strips the data back out at the other end. ), which provides a cost-effective solution for consolidating essential-data traffic for access to public frame relay services and enterprise backbone networks. Multiprotocol 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. traffic such as Ethernet and Token Ring and a variety of legacy traffic types including SNA, X.25 and asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. applications can be consolidated by the FrameXpress 900 FRAD for routing over frame relay networks. The compact FRAD also provides voice- and fax-over-frame support for remote locations. "The new FrameXpress 900 FRAD provides customers with another flexible option for integrated network access in an efficient manner," said Sam Ezekiel, vice president, Marketing, N.E.T. "A modular design allows network managers to add capabilities and capacity on an `as-needed' basis, and take advantage of the cost-efficiencies offered by multiprotocol FRADs at remote locations." The FrameXpress 900 FRAD has a compact, six-slot chassis that supports multiple LAN data and voice protocols across WAN connections at speeds from 4.8 kb/s to 2.048 Mb/s. The FRAD features support for SNA transmission over frame relay, including SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control) The primary data link protocol used in IBM's SNA networks. It is a bit-oriented synchronous protocol that is a subset of the HDLC protocol. See SNA, DLC and Microsoft DLC. 1. , QLLC QLLC Qualified Logical Link Control QLLC Quality Link Layer Control , and SDLC to LLC2 conversion for Token Ring LAN traffic. In addition to IBM host connectivity, the FrameXpress 900 FRAD offers efficient LAN-to-LAN connectivity. Ethernet and Token Ring over frame relay is supported using the RFC 1490 standard. The FRAD also routes IP and IPX traffic. To re-establish connections quickly in the event of a WAN connection outage, the FrameXpress 900 FRAD offers both V.34 modem and ISDN BRI dial backup options. The FRAD can be managed through both a console port or an SNMP-based network-management application. The N.E.T. FrameXpress 900 FRAD is planned for availability in the second quarter of 1997 and prices will start at $2,200. The FrameXpress 900 FRAD will be available through N.E.T. and selected distributors on a worldwide basis. The N.E.T. FrameXpress family of products is available in a variety of configurations to allow network managers to migrate to the cost- effective advantages of frame relay. The family includes the internal FrameXpress module for the IDNX IDNX Integrated Digital Network Exchange IDNX Integrated Data Network Exchange (r) Multiservice Bandwidth Manager and the FrameXpress 900 FRAD for remote locations. N.E.T., headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., is a leading worldwide supplier of multiservice backbone networks used by enterprises and global carriers in more than 50 countries. N.E.T. multiservice WANs and ATM products integrate voice, data, and video traffic with ATM, frame relay, LAN internetworking and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. capabilities for today's mission-critical applications. The company is certified to the worldwide 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 standard for design, manufacturing and servicing. Join us at our worldwide web site: http://www.net.com for further information. -0- Note to Editors: N.E.T. and FrameXpress are trademarks, and IDNX and the N.E.T. logo are registered trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: N.E.T. Julie DiBene, 415/780-5745 |
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