Patton electronic 2888 - Manual

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Product Brief
Product Model Product Model Product Model Product Model IpLink™ Model 2888
Product Name Product Name Product Name Product Name Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux
Usage Usage Usage Usage Transparent Ethernet Extender over Bonded T1/E1 Circuits
Product Description
The Model 2888 Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux is a managed Ethernet bridge
with two (2) Gigabit Ethernet ports and either two (2) or four (4) T1/E1
ports. The Inverse Mux transports jumbo Ethernet frames over bonded T1/E1
circuits using Multi-link PPP, creating up to an 8 Mbps transparent Ethernet
connection. Complete with Layer 2/3 filtering, Layer 2/3 traffic shaping and
Active Layer 2/3 QoS, the Model 2888 enhances an enterprise’s ability to
address the Wide Area Network (WAN) bandwidth requirements of most
Ethernet applications.
Who is it for?
The Model 2888 Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux is designed to bridge the Ethernet/IP bandwidth gap between a single
T1/E1 and a T3/E3. Bandwidth hungry applications such as database/Intranet, VoIP and surveillance video over IP that
need to be transported over the WAN will benefit from a resilient multi-circuit solution.
Position Statement
For enterprise IT Managers needing to bridge the
bandwidth gap between a single T1/E1 and a T3/E3,
the IpLink™ Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux transparently
transports Ethernet over bonded T1/E1 circuits.
Unlike solutions from Cisco and others, which are
difficult to configure, the Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux
makes it easy to transparently pass ALL Ethernet
frames over the WAN while applying ACTIVE Layer
2/3 QoS, traffic shaping and filtering.
Feature Benefit Summary
Feature Advantage Benefit
Bonded T1/E1 Bridge the bandwidth gap between
a single T1/E1 and a T3/E3 Provide symmetric high-speed network
interfacing that is affordable to and
right-sized for the application’s need
Transparent
Ethernet Bridging Transparently bridge Ethernet traffic
and pass any application traffic Avoid complicated IP routing
configurations needed to create
redundancy
Active QoS Provide the managed tools to ensure
network up-time & application
availability to different traffic flows Guarantee real-time application services
with bandwidth on demand
Enterprise WAN Access Solutions