Optical Tech

Full-duplex repeater

June 1, 1997

The fdr12 repeater suits high-performance workgroups, high-speed backbones, server farms, and backup systems. Twelve of its fourteen ports support Gigabit Ethernet according to the 1000Base-SX specifications of ieee P802.3z. One port has additional buffering to provide support for cascading full-duplex repeaters and Gigabit Ethernet switches. The repeater supports Netscape and Microsoft Explorer, in addition to management access using Web-based browsers.

Packet Engines Inc.

Spokane, WA

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