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- {New Artisoft AE-3 Ethernet Adapter accepts 3 network cable types}
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- Artisoft's new AE-3 Ethernet Adapter can connect with all three major
- network cable types, "offering maximum flexibility to growing businesses
- whose networking needs may change in the future," said Artisoft President
- and CEO Jack Schoof.
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- The new network adapter supports RJ45 Ethernet connectors, along with
- all the other features of its predecessor, Artisoft's AE-2 adapter. Where the
- AE-3 differs is in its third connector which allows use of lighter,
- twisted-pair cable commonly found prewired in newer office buildings. The
- twisted-pair connector also features automatic sensing of the cable type
- in use. In the twisted pair connector, a link-integrity LED verifies the
- network connection. Using the Artisoft AE-3 Adapters, network users can
- start with less expensive and easier to handle twisted pair cables. As the
- network expands beyond the 300-foot limitations of the thin cable, the user
- can upgrade the network to either thin or thick Ethernet cable with
- 1500-foot capability. Changes can be made without the major expense of
- replacing the adapter cards to which the cables connect. The AE-3 card
- is a 16-bit adapter that automatically switches to 8-bit mode in an 8-bit
- expansion slot. The AE-3 comes with its own complement of memory--16K
- of RAM, user-expandable to 64K--to avoid using up the memory in the
- user's system. It complies with the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard and
- offers an optional remote boot PEROM, and support for eight IRQs. In
- addition to working with the LANtastic Network Operating System, Artisoft's
- AE-2 and AE-3 Ethernet Adapters work directly from the box with most
- popular network software, including Novell NetWarer, FTP's TCP/IP, LAN
- Manager and others that support a Novell NE2000 driver. The Artisoft AE-3
- Adapter is available from Artisoft dealers for $349.
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