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Chapter 1
Overview
The Netlink
TM
FRX8000 is a fully integrated LAN/WAN enterprise switch, con-
necting remote network sites with a robust switching technology that allows trans-
mission of LAN and WAN data traffic over a single access line. The FRX8000 allows
the features of conventional multi-protocol routers to be combined with those of fast
packet switches, delivering high performance regardless of the demands of the access
protocols being used.
Some typical applications of the FRX8000:
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SDLC-to-LLC2 and LLC2-to-QLLC conversion over frame relay
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SNA and TCP/IP LAN/WAN integration—with or without routers.
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Banking applications—LAN, SNA, TCP/IP, async.
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Feeder networks to public frame relay services.
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“Front end” network to larger frame relay switches.
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Public and private access and backbone applications.
Figure 1-1 Network Example
FRX8000 INM
FRX8000 Switch
FRX8000 Switch
FRX8000 Switch
Frame
Relay
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3174
3174
IBM
Host
IP
X.25, SDLC