Cabletron Systems CSX100 series User Manual - Introduction

Introduction 1

Introduction

About the Router

The Cabletron Router

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 is a bridge/router designed to provide remote Ethernet

LAN connectivity via a single ISDN line for the small office or home office

(SOHO).  The multi-protocol router offers telecommuters, home and remote

office workers high-speed, dial-up access to remote sites, such as the Internet

and the enterprise network.  The Router supports IEEE 802.1D transparent

bridging, IP routing and, optionally, IPX routing between Ethernet LAN

networks across an ISDN WAN resource.

The router features an easy-to-use Windows-based management application.

It can also provide two-line analog support for convenient, low-cost use of

standard telephone, facsimile, modem, and answering machine equipment

over the ISDN line.  The router manages incoming and outgoing calls, giving

analog calls priority over data traffic as needed.

The router supports Network Address Translation (a.k.a. NAT) which lets

multiple users of a router share simultaneously one low-cost ISDN Internet

connection.

Following is a sample network configuration:

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 Throughout this manual, the Cabletron CSX100 router is called the router.