3Com 3C886 Modem User Manual


 
14 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Local Networking with
Access to the Internet
Users can share access to the Internet while continuing to network locally, as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Local Networking with Internet Access
Local Networking with
Access to a Remote
Office
Users can share access to a remote office LAN while continuing to network locally,
as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Local Networking with Access to a Remote Office LAN
OfficeConnect
56K LAN modem
Public telephone
network
Internet/Intranet
or
online service
Analog POTS line
OfficeConnect™
ISDN LAN Modem
OfficeConnect
Hub 8 TPO
Alert
PWR COLLPKT COAX1234
green = link OK, off = link fail, yellow = partition
Port Status
5678
1%2%3%6% 12%25% 50%80%
Network Utilization
Office
Connect
¨
Hub
3 Com
PWR
AA
CD
3 Com
Alert
Tx
Coll
1
2 3 4
LAN STATUS
RD
SD
OH
OfficeConnect™
56K LAN Modem