Small Office - Home Office (Soho) To Corporate Lan; Figure 1-5: Soho To Corporate Lan - ADTRAN Express XL User Manual

Small Office - Home Office (SOHO) to Corporate LAN

• Connects the small office or home office to the corporate LAN
• Routes IP and Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) traffic from multiple devices
to the corporate LAN
• Bridges all non-routed traffic (e.g., AppleTalk)
• Provides dedicated or on-demand services
• Low cost alternative to buying a high-end router
• Compatible with popular central site LAN access devices
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BRI U PHONE
The Express XL/XLT provides the following basic functions:
1. LAN Bridge: Bridging provides a point-to-point connection between two
LANs. The bridge learning function scans the source and destination me-
dia access control (MAC) addresses of all packets on its local LAN and de-
termines which packets should be transmitted over the ISDN link.
Applications include connectivity between single user or small offices to
corporate LANs. The Express XL/XLT uses the Spanning Tree Algorithm
(IEEE 802.1d-ISO/IEC10038), which provides a loop-free topology and re-
dundancy.
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