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- {ARTISOFT'S AUI INTERFACE(TM) KIT FOR THE ARTISOFT(TM) PEER-
- {HUB(TM) CONCENTRATOR NOW SHIPPING
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- {When Combined with Artisoft's Peer-Hub Concentrator, Provides
- {Internal Bridge and Connection Between 10BASE-T and Coax
- {Ethernet Networks
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- Artisoft' new AUI Interface Kit which, when combined with
- Artisoft's Peer-Hub Concentrator, provides an internal bridge
- and connection between 10BASE-T and coax Ethernet networks.
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- According to Dave Hallmen, Artisoft's Vice President of Sales and
- Marketing, "The AUI Interface Kit allows network users to take
- advantage of the Peer-Hub concentrator's flexibility in combining
- coax and 10BASE-T Ethernet cabling within a network." The AUI
- Interface Kit includes two pulse transformer chips and an AUI
- Interface cable attached. Installation is as easy as plugging the
- two transformer chips and the AUI Interface cable into the
- Peer-Hub concentrator.
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- A complete thin or thick coax Ethernet segment can then be
- connected to an AE-3 Ethernet adapter (which supports thin and
- thick coax cabling in addition to 10BASE-T), and thus, to the
- 10BASE-T network. The Peer-Hub concentrator is a complete
- 10BASE-T hub residing in a host PC. It has five external 10BASE-T
- ports using modular RJ45 telephone-style jacks that can connect
- to any standard 10BASE-T adapters. Its network management
- software allows the host PC to view the status of all ports, as
- well as activate or disable each port individually. Plus, onboard
- EEPROM saves the complete network configuration to memory,
- guarding against power outage.
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- The Peer-Hub concentrator also has three internal connectors
- designed to connect with other Artisoft products. One provides
- an internal 10BASE-T connection to Artisoft's AE-1/T(TM),
- AE-2/T(TM) or AE-3 Ethernet adapters without using one of the
- five external RJ45 ports. Another internal connector is used to
- link multiple Peer-Hub concentrators together; up to four per PC.
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- The third option, which requires the AUI Interface Kit, provides
- an internal coax connection between the Peer-Hub concentrator and
- an AE-3 Ethernet adapter. Used in this manner, the AUI Interface
- Kit creates a bridge between the 10BASE-T network on the hub and
- the coax Ethernet segment attached to the AE-3 Ethernet adapter.
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- Artisoft develops and manufactures a full line of hardware and
- software for local area networks including the LANtastic(R) Local
- Area Network. The LANtastic network is a peer-to-peer network
- that allows users of IBM(R)-compatible computers to share
- programs, data and peripheral devices such as printers, hard drives, tape backups and CD-ROMs. For more information about
- Artisoft or its product line, contact Artisoft, Inc. at 691
- East River Rd. Tucson, AZ. 85704
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