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2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
Thank you for your purchase of this Patton Electronics product. This
product has been thoroughly inspected and tested and is warranted for
One Year parts and labor. If any questions arise during installation or use
of this product, please contact Patton Electronics Technical Support at:
(301) 975-1007.
2.1 FEATURES
• Installs in Patton’s NetLink Rack Systems
• Provides MAC level connection between two peered Ethernet LANs
• RJ-45 line connection
• Operates transparently to higher level protocols such as TCP/IP,
DECnet, NETBIOS and IPX
• PPP (RFC 1661) with Bridging Control Protocol (RFC 1638)
• No configuration necessary
• Automatically discovers, loads and deletes MAC addresses
• Modular 10/100Base-T connection (RJ-45)
• Two LED indicators: status & link integrity
2.2 DESCRIPTION
The Patton IM2RC/I-100B, Ethernet Bridge Module installs in the NetLink
Rack system to provide seamless Ethernet LAN extension. The Patton
IM2RC/I-100B performs the bridging function between two physically
separate Ethernet LANs at the MAC level. Operation of the Patton
IM2RC/I-100B is transparent to higher network level protocols such as
TCP/IP, DECnet, NETBIOS and IPX. The Model IM2RC/I-100B is 802.3
compliant and supports PPP (RFC 1661) with Bridging Control Protocol
(RFC 1638).
Once installed in the local Patton NetLink rack, the Patton IM2RC/I-100B
works in a “plug and play” manner to forward LAN broadcasts, multicasts
and frames destined for the peered Ethernet LAN at the remote end (the
Patton base unit at the remote end must be equipped with an IM1/I mod-
ule). Using the Patton IM2RC/I-100B in conjuction with a G.SHDSL front
card (3088RC) or NTU (2701RC), peered Ethernet LANs can be linked
over leased 2-wire or E1 circuits. The NTU features externally-accessible
DIP switches, loopback diagnostics, SNMP/HTTP remote-management
