Overview; Features - Cisco LRE CPE Hardware Installation Manual

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Overview

This chapter describes the Cisco LRE CPE, a Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE)
customer premises equipment (CPE) device and has these topics:
Features
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Front-panel description
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• Rear-panel description
A Cisco LRE CPE device, hereafter referred to as the CPE, is based on
very-high-data-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL) technology. The CPE connects
a computer or laptop to a Catalyst LRE switch at distances of up to 4921 feet
(1500 meters) by using LRE technology over ordinary telephone lines.
A CPE connects a computer or LAN to an LRE switch that transmits a high-speed
signal over a telephone data connection. A Cisco LRE CPE converts a
VDSL-based signal on the telephone line to an Ethernet signal to the computer.
The Cisco 575 LRE CPE, Cisco 576 LRE 997 CPE, and the Cisco 585 LRE CPE
have these features:
IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T compliance
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On the 575 LRE CPE and 576 LRE 997 CPE, one autonegotiating
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10/100BASE-T Ethernet port
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