3Com NETBuilder
®
data sheet
Routing and VPN Tunneling
3Com’s powerful NETBuilder II
®
routers combine leading-edge tech-
nology with a flexible, modular
design to satisfy your internet-
working needs today and in the
future. The routers integrate both
WAN (Frame Relay, ISDN, leased
lines, and ATM) and LAN
(Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token
Ring, FDDI, and ATM) technolo-
gies, delivering the most effective
solution for LAN/WAN bandwidth
mismatch. The platforms support
virtual private network (VPN)
applications for secure remote access
and intranet/extranet connectivity.
NETBuilder
®
feature-rich software
provides the flexibility and intelli-
gence required to meet today’s
rapidly changing internetworking
requirements. It delivers a full set of
protocols, including IP, IPX,
AppleTalk, SNA, Vines, and
DECnet. In addition, the value-
added functions such as compres-
sion, encryption, prioritization, and
disaster recovery provide the most
efficient options to maximize the
utilization of WAN connectivity.
With its selection of chassis sizes,
hot-swappable interface modules,
full-featured software packages,
and management facilities, the
NETBuilder II router provides
unsurpassed WAN value.
Key Benefits:
High performance.
Multiprocessing architecture in
the Dual-Processor Engine (DPE)
plus
module provides added
intelligence by offloading the
WAN grooming tasks to the
coprocessor, and adds control
over the WAN links without com-
promising packet-processing
performance.
Hardware and software
resiliency for high availability.
Dual power supplies, hot swap,
hot plug and play, and dual PC
Card slots provide the flexibility
and reliability needed for
mission-critical environments,
and disaster recovery features
provide quick network recovery,
reducing costly downtime.
Proven scalability.
Boundary Routing
®
architecture
provides a simple mechanism
for network growth.
Legacy support.
The comprehensive suite of
protocols to support IBM
customers includes DLSw
Version 2, APPN/HPR, SDLC,
and BSC.
Low cost of ownership.
WAN grooming, which includes
compression, lowers your WAN
service cost, and VPN tech-
nology lets you set up a
cost-saving public IP-based
intranet/extranet infrastructure.
NETBuilder II routers provide
high performance, network
availability, and scalable growth,
along with VPN tunneling and
security applications to build
secure remote access, intranets,
and extranets. The platforms
offer flexibility with 4-slot, 8-slot,
and 8-slot extended chassis that
all accept regular and extended
format modules
NETBuilder II
®
Intelligent Routers
Scalability, high bandwidth, and port capacity for
today’s mission-critical networks
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