3Com 2500 Switch User Manual


 
3-2 CHAPTER 3: BRIDGING AND ROUTING IN THE LANPLEX® SYSTEM
Figure 3-1 Traditional Architecture of a Routed Network
LANplex in a
Subnetworked
Environment
The LANplex system allows you to fit Ethernet switching capability into
highly subnetworked environments. When you put the LANplex system
into such a network, the system streamlines your network architecture
and easily switches traffic between and within subnets over Ethernet
and FDDI. See Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2 Subnetted Architecture with LANplex® Switching Hubs
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FDDI Backbone
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