3Com 3C892 Network Card User Manual


 
Features 13
Features
Ease of Installation and Use
SPID Wizard automatic configuration for telephone company switch and
service profile ID (SPID) numbers.
Web-based, point-and-click user interface for configuration and online help.
Automatic configuration verification with Internet connection through your
Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Firmware updates, user guides and technical notes available on the Web.
High Performance
Hi/fn™ LZS
®
compression, which conforms to these IETF RFCs:
The PPP
Compression Control Protocol
(RFC 1962) and
PPP Stacker LZS Compression
Protocol
(RFC 1974).
Multilink PPP (RFC 1990), which combines two PPP B channel calls to create a
virtual, single 128 Kbps network connection.
TollMizer, which places a single B channel or a Multilink PPP data call over a
voice connection, saving you the additional charge for a data call.
Connectivity
ISDN Basic Rate U interface.
Built in four-port 10BASE-T, 10 Mbps Ethernet hub. Up to 25 users can be
supported by connecting to an external eight port-hub.
Two analog voice ports.
Preferred Provider support which allows simultaneous connections to two
different ISPs.
Routing
IP Routing.
Dynamic or static IP addresses supplied by the ISP (WAN side).
WAN access for up to 25 local workstations on the LAN (10BASE-T).
Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server functionality on the LAN, which
automatically assigns an IP address to a newly-attached computer on an IP
network.
Domain Name Service (DNS) server functionality for the LAN, which translates
the common, alphanumeric name of a device to the numeric IP address of a
device.
Network Address Translation (NAT) between LAN and WAN, which allows
multiple users on the LAN to share a WAN connection. Note that individual
email accounts may still be maintained at the ISP.
Multiplexing traffic from several computers to the same remote destination.