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CHAPTER 1
THE MUXserver 100 ENVIRONMENT
1.1 GENERAL INFORMATIION
The MUXserver 100 is a high perforrnance, low-cost remote terminal server for
use on an Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN). It allows up to sixteen termi-
nals to connect to computer systems on the Local Area Network. The terminals
are physically connected to two DECInux II units which may be at separate
remote geographic locations. Each DgCmux II unit communicates with a
MUXserver 100 by means of a statistically multiplexed synchronous link (re-
ferred to as the COMPOSITE link) which is provided by either an RS-232
Synchronous Modem for large distances or RS-422 Long Line Drivers for local
links. Each remote terminal appears to have direct connection to the computer
systems and resources available on the Local Area Network. Remote users can
switch among several data processing- tasks as quickly and conveniently as local
terminal users connected by means of a DECserver 100.
Figure 1-1 shows how the MUXserver 100 fits into a computer network called
a Local Area Network (LAN). Local area networks serve relatively small areas;
ranging, for example, from a section of a building to a college campus. Users
remote from the LAN can now access all the LAN facilities.
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