Interphase iSPAN, User Manual

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iSPAN Serial WAN Adapter Users Guide
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Purpose
This Users Guide provides information about the Interphase
i SPAN
™ Serial WAN adapter. It describes general features,
hardware and software installation procedures (with safety
precautions), and the modules that comprise the product. It
also provides detailed information about the external software
interface and about how the software modules interact.
Audience
This manual assumes that its audience has a general
understanding of computing and networking terminology. If
you need more information about this terminology (in addition
to what this manual provides), see the networking glossary at
the following web site:
http://www.ctcnet.com/html/telecom.htm
(Select the Telecom Library tab.)
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