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the headquarters, even if this is hundreds of kilometers away. The size of your
own local network – whether it consists of several computers or just one work-
station – is irrelevant.
As shown in the previous illustration, your X3200 is the essential component for
connecting the networks: it is your link to the outside world. Every router serves
as a link between the individual local networks. Within each LAN, the router is
connected to the network like a normal computer. Its task is to transmit informa-
tion as necessary from its own network to an external network (e.g. to the net-
work of your Internet Service Provider or your head office) and to find the most
suitable routes for transmission. Conversely, it receives information and routes
it to its own network.
What can X3200 do that ISDN cards can’t? Your X3200 can do considerably
more:
One router for
everyone
If you have a local network with several computers, you only need one single
router to allow all computers in the network access to the Internet or the head
office. The lower expenditure on equipment and administration for several com-
puters in the network means substantial savings. When using ISDN cards, ev-
ery workplace would have to be equipped separately.
If you configure high-speed Internet access with X3200 , all the users in the local
network profit from shorter Internet access times. The bandwidth of up to
768 kbps used from the Internet Service Provider to the customer (downstream)
and 128 kbps in the opposite direction (upstream) allows considerably faster In-
ternet applications than with conventional ISDN, as data transfer downstream,
for example, is up to twelve times faster.
Communication
applications
For communications applications on your PC, such as answering machine, fax,
file transfer and Eurofile transfer, the same principle applies as for access to the
Internet. All LAN users can use these services via BinTec’s own Remote CAPI
interface while accessing a single ISDN connection over X3200 . The only re-
quirement is that all users have suitable application software installed to support
the CAPI interface. This standard interface is, however, used by most commu-
nications applications. X3200 is supplied as standard with suitable software
(RVS-COM Lite). This software covers the spectrum of common communica-
tions applications.