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Compaq updates Netelligent line; Xylan adds frame relay, Acacia rolls out new wares.
Atlanta
LAN switching is hot -- especially here, where dozens of vendors will show off their new gear
at the upcoming NetWorld+Interop 96 trade show.
Among these vendors will be Cabletron Systems, Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Xylan Corp. and Acacia Net
works, Inc., all of which rolled out new switches and enhancements last week.
Cabletron unveiled a little brother to its 14-slot Multi Media Access Center (MMAC)-Plus data center switching hub that provides customers with a wiring closet chassis for about half the price.
The six-slot chassis provides up to 5G bit/sec of aggregate bandwidth and supports as many as 216 Ethernet, 72 Fast Ethernet, 18 FDDI, 48 ATM or 144 token-ring switched connections. The Access chassis accepts
all existing boards designed for the MMAC-Plus, as well as future products such as the planned Cell Transfer Matrix ATM backplane and Gigabit Ethernet
modules, set to be...