3Com 3C886 - OfficeConnect 56K LAN Modem Router - Local Networking with Access to the Internet; Local Networking with Access to a Remote Office

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NTRODUCTION
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
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Hub
3 Com
PWR
AA
CD
3 Com
Alert
Tx
Coll
1
2 3 4
LAN STATUS
RD
SD
OH
OfficeConnect™
56K LAN Modem