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RouteAbout Access router family


The easy, affordable way to connect branch offices

Branch offices, remote sites, and home offices are playing new family of products that put
routing where you need it — in
an increasingly important role in the success of businesses the routers, switches, and hubs
throughout your network.
today. But to operate at peak efficiency, these sites need to be
Digital’s family of RouteAbout
connected to your backbone network. Digital’s powerful new Access routers include:
• RouteAbout Access EW for
family of RouteAbout™ Access routers make connecting these
Ethernet to Wide Area
offices simple and cost-efficient. • RouteAbout Access TW for
Token Ring to Wide Area
• RouteAbout Access EI for
Ethernet to Wide Area and
RouteAbout Access routers let
ISDN
you link your branch offices to
a central site using a variety of
The RouteAbout Access EW
cost-effective wide area services.
and TW routers connect remote
They are also ideal for connect-
offices with Ethernet or Token
ing to the global Internet — so
Ring LANs to a central site or
that small offices can exchange
the backbone network. In addi-
mail and share information with
tion to the LAN interface, the
other Internet users.
EW and TW routers have two
T1/E1 serial lines for connection
Since technical resources at
to leased lines or public network
these remote sites are usually
services such as X.25 or Frame
limited, Digital has designed
Relay.
these powerful communications
devices to be easy to install,
The RouteAbout Access EI
configure, and manage.
router connects remote sites
using ISDN — the emerging
The RouteAbout Access routers
standard for multimedia com-
bridge and route all major pro-
munication. In addition to the
tocols found in today’s net-
LAN interface, the EI has one
works — including TCP/IP,
T1/E1 serial line and one
Novell® IPX, DECnet™, OSI, and
ISDN/BRI port.
AppleTalk®. The software on
these routers is the basis for a
Highlights
• Connects branch and remote offices with Ethernet or Token Ring
• Provides full protocol support by handling all major protocols in
today’s networks
• Grows with your business — use as standalone or hub-based
component
• Ready to connect to the Internet
Part of complete virtual networks that can be
• Allows use of cost-effective public network services such as network solution customized to accommodate
X.25, ISDN, and Frame Relay The RouteAbout Access router application and business needs.
family is part of a comprehen-
• Allows remote management and monitoring from SNMP
sive set of internetworking The same Distributed Routing
Network Management Stations
products that work together Software is used on all the
• Integrates IBM® SNA and TCP/IP networks with DLSw support within Digital’s enVISN archi- RouteAbout and DECswitch
tecture. enVISN is Digital’s net- 900 family routers. Together,
• Includes factory-installed software to simplify installation at
work architecture that integrates these products provide a com-
remote offices
virtual LANs, distributed rout- plete network solution.
ing, and high-speed switching Common software guarantees
with centralized policy-based interoperability and reduces
administration to create flexible training and management costs.

Enterprise

DECNIS GIGAswitch

ATM

Central sites DEChub 900 MultiSwitch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

RoamAbout
wireless LAN
access

Distributed
Remote offices routing

RouteAbout NetRider
remote LAN remote PC
access access
Digital Knows Networks

Runs powerful new Digital Distributed Routing Software


These routers run the new Digital Distributed Routing Software
that is used on the DECswitch 900 and other network products.
This software supports the following protocols and features:
Bridging Transparent (802.1d) Bridging,
Source Route Bridging (SR),
and Source Route Translational
Grows with your business Consolidate SNA and
Bridging (SR-TB).
Today’s powerful applications multiprotocol networks
call for increasingly greater To eliminate the equipment, Routing TCP/IP, Novell IPX, AppleTalk,
bandwidth or capacity. With the transmission, and management DECnet Phase IV, and DECnet/OSI.
RouteAbout Access routers, costs of running two separate Routing Protocols OSPF/RIP/EGP, Integrated IS-IS, IPX
you can easily respond to user networks, RouteAbout Access RIP, and AppleTalk RTMP.
demands for more bandwidth. routers consolidate the SNA
As members of the DEChub network onto the multiprotocol WAN PPP, Frame Relay, X.25, and Dial
family, RouteAbout Access Internet. The routers locally Backup.
routers let you start off small terminate SDLC and LLC2 Features Packet filtering, packet prioritization
with a standalone module and sessions to decrease timeouts and Bandwidth Reservation.
later add that same module to a and retransmissions and reduce
DEChub as your needs increase. WAN traffic. And they convert SNA Data Link Switching (DLSw) and
Further growth can be handled SDLC to LLC2 to simplify host SDLC Relay. The DLSw implementa-
cost-effectively by adding more connections. tion is IBM 6611 compatible.
RouteAbout or other network- Management Configuration and management via
ing modules to the hub — Lowers transmission costs TCP/IP TELNET.
no need to replace your hub RouteAbout Access routers Monitoring via SNMP Network
backplane. support Bandwidth Reservation Management Stations.
which ensures that certain DEChub configuration via HUBwatch.
Connect to the Internet classes of protocols have proper
The RouteAbout Access family access to the available wide SW Load Factory loaded in flash. Upgradable
is ideal for providing access to area bandwidth. They ensure via BootP/TFTP.
the worldwide Internet. The acceptable response times by
Internet is the easy way to prioritizing traffic within each The software is available in two packages:
communicate with both cus- class, and filter out traffic that IP Software Multiprotocol Software
tomers and suppliers — and should not cross the wide area
IP (RIP, EGP, OSPF) All IP Software protocols plus:
it can provide an excellent link.
shop-window for your own Bridging IPX
products and services. PPP AppleTalk
Frame Relay DECnet Phase IV
X.25 DECnet/OSI
Dial Backup DLSw
Bandwidth Reservation SDLC Relay
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Ordering information Backed by Digital’s


The RouteAbout Access router family comes as a complete pack- world-class, worldwide
age including the hardware unit with the software preloaded in the service and support
flash memory and the software license. A CD-ROM shipped with Digital has an extensive
each router contains the software, the software documentation, and portfolio of service offerings for
a Worldview® documentation reader. A hardware installation man- the RouteAbout Access router
ual and a set of software quick reference cards are also included. family. For more detailed infor-
To purchase a complete hardcopy documentation set, use the mation, contact your local
GZ kit listed below. Digital Customer Service
organization.
Order number Description
DEX2R-F* RouteAbout Access EW with IP Software Call us
DEX2R-MB RouteAbout Access EW with IP Software, For more information about the
Hub Version RouteAbout Access router fam-
DEX2R-D* RouteAbout Access EW with Multiprotocol Software ily or any other Digital product
DEX2R-MA RouteAbout Access EW with Multiprotocol Software, or service, please contact your
Hub Version
authorized Digital distributor or
DEWTR-F* RouteAbout Access TW with IP Software
local Digital sales office.
DEWTR-ZA RouteAbout Access TW with IP Software,
Hub Version
DEWTR-D* RouteAbout Access TW with Multiprotocol Software
DEWTR-MA RouteAbout Access TW with Multiprotocol Software, Digital believes the information in this
Hub Version publications is accurate as of its publication
DEXBR-F* RouteAbout Access EI with IP Software date; such information is subject to change
without notice. Digital is not responsible for
DEXBR-MB RouteAbout Access EI with IP Software, any inadvertent errors.
Hub Version
DEXBR-D* RouteAbout Access EI with Multiprotocol Software Digital conducts its business in a manner that
conserves the environment and protects the
DEXBR-MA RouteAbout Access EI with Multiprotocol Software, safety and health of its employees, customers,
Hub Version and the community.
QA-4BRAA-GZ Bridge Router Software Hardcopy Documentation Set Digital, the DIGITAL logo, DECnet,
DEChub, DECNIS, DECswitch, GIGAswitch,
Note: * denotes 3=No Power Cord, A=U.S./Canada/Japan, D=Denmark, E=U.K./Ireland,
HUBwatch, and RouteAbout are trademarks
I=Italy, J=India/Africa, K=Switzerland, T=Israel, X=Central Europe, Z=Australia/New Zealand
of Digital Equipment Corporation.

Serial adapter cables are required to connect the router to the data Third-party trademarks: AppleTalk is a
registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
communication equipment. These should be ordered separately. IBM is a registered trademark of International
Business Machines Corporation. Novell and
NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell,
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BC12G-06 V.35 adapter cable
BC12L-06 EIA 232/V.28
EC-F5222-42
BC12J-06 EIA 530/A adapter cable
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