Verilink T1 Access Router (34-00327) Product Manual - Manual (Page 15)

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Introduction
The T1 Access Router is a compact, feature-rich “standard” router designed to
allow small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises with multiple
branch locations to take advantage of lower cost T1 connections. Installed on
the customer’s premises, this powerful router with an integrated CSU/DSU
enables high-speed Internet access and site-to-site communications.
The T1 Access Router boasts management features usually found only in
more expensive routers. The unit supports IP over frame relay, PPP, or
leased-line applications. A superior alternative to conventional high-end
routers, the T1 Access Router connects to the LAN through an autosensing
10/100Base-T Ethernet port, and is equipped with an RS-232 console port for
local management.
All of the T1 Access Router’s installation, performance configuration, traffic
monitoring, alarm reporting, and diagnostic capabilities can be configured
through the unit’s embedded Web server interface using Microsoft
®
Internet
Explorer™. The Web server interface can be accessed locally through the
Ethernet port or the Supervisory port, or remotely through the Network port.
The unit’s built-in ServiceAware™ technology lets network managers
maximize available WAN bandwidth and verify Service Level Agreements
(SLAs). This management platform lets the end user see network activity
(performance) and problems (diagnostics) on any permanent virtual circuit
(PVC), access line, or physical circuit.
Verilink’s standard FrameStart™ technology eliminates the requirement for
a frame relay test set. Providing benefit from the time of initial frame relay
circuit installation, FrameStart ensures that T1 circuit status, signal quality,
loopback code detection, access link condition, and the various Layer 2 frame
relay investigation and reporting features are available and accurate.
The T1 Access Router supports static routing configurations or dynamic
routing protocols (Routing Information Protocol
−
RIP 1 and RIP 2
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or Open
Shortest Path First
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OSPF).