Military_{Point-to-point LAN extension}

Situation

Communicating across a military base is like communicating across a small city. In the downtown area, all of the modern technologies are in place, but the further you head out of town, things get less complex. For mission-critical applications, many military installations use a fiber ring that facilitates streamlined data exchanges and ample bandwidth. Yet in other parts of the base, copper cable is the norm and intra-base communication suffers.

Problem

The problem here is a classic one. It involves getting the most out of the existing copper cable plant. Most information that needs to be exchanged across the base is not mission critical and most bases are not in a position to expend significant capital on data communications. These factors have base MIS managers looking for the most cost-effective way to give all users access to base resources (and each other's data), and the best way to get information from point A to point B.

Solution

In this traditional point-to-point application, Campus-REX provides native LAN connectivity, while eliminating routers and other costly internetworking devices. With the product's protocol transparent, integrated MAC-level bridging, you can use low-cost Ethernet hubs and switches.

Virtually overnight, an entire base can share an integrated communications link through the plug-and-play nature of Campus-REX. Logical partitioning can be preserved, subnets can be defined by job function and everyday maintenance and management is easy through an embedded SNMP management agent.