(Business Wire) Cisco AS5300 Outperforms Ascend MAX TNT in Independent
Tests
Monday October 27 12:29 PM EST
Company Press Release
Cisco AS5300 Outperforms Ascend MAX TNT in Independent
Tests
Cisco's Universal Access Server Sets New Performance Benchmark in LANQuest
Labs Tests
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1997--Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced that
LANQuest Labs has released performance benchmark test results for the Cisco AS5300 and the
Ascend MAX TNT.
The test results show that the Cisco AS5300 performs three to ten times better than the Ascend
MAX TNT depending on the test environment, validating the Cisco AS5300 universal access server
as the performance leader.
Cisco Throughput Scales Linearly while Ascend Drops Calls Early
The goal of the LANQuest Labs comparison tests was to determine which remote access platform
provided the greatest throughput for both analog and digital calls, measured in packets per second.
According to LANQuest Labs, the Cisco AS5300 demonstrated a substantial performance advantage
over Ascend's MAX TNT at all traffic levels and for both the upload and download processes. ''Our
test results showed a clear generational performance divide between Cisco and Ascend's remote
access server offerings,'' said Gail James, President of LANQuest Labs. ''The Cisco AS5300
delivered superior peak performance over all packet sizes and packet rates compared with the
Ascend MAX TNT for both analog and ISDN remote access connections.'' Detailed test results and
charts can be found at: lanquest.com .
Performance is Key
''Density without performance is nearly worthless to a service provider,'' said Michael Howard of
Infonetics, Inc. in San Jose, Calif., a leading networking industry research firm. ''To be truly
carrier-class, remote access platforms must deliver the same performance to the dial user, whether
one port, 48 ports or 96 ports are in use. The user's service level cannot be dependent on the
number of ports in use at any moment.''
New Dial Access Systems Further Scale Networks to Unprecedented Levels
In a related announcement, Cisco today reaffirmed its commitment to delivering increased
performance, flexibility and improved management with the announcement of the Cisco
AccessPath(TM)-TS3 and AccessPath-LS3 (see ''New Cisco dial access systems help service
providers offer new services, scale networks''). These two carrier-class integrated dial access
systems enable service providers and large enterprise customers to offer differentiated services, scale
their networks linearly to unprecedented levels and manage large dial pools.
''As enterprise businesses deploy increasingly network-intensive applications like high-speed Web
graphics and net conferencing, service providers are compelled to offer maximum performance per
user. Just like the PC industry, power users will demand the best platform performance to protect
application performance,'' said Kevin Kennedy, vice president and general manager of Cisco's
Network-to-User business unit. ''Cisco's philosophy is to ensure investment protection through
offering the industry's most scalable and high-performance dial access servers.''
Testing Methodology and Philosophy
LANQuest Labs used the latest software images for both remote access servers in all tests. The
reported test results represent the total average aggregate throughput (in packets per second) for that
duration.
About LANQuest
LANQuest Labs is the nation's leading independent network product testing laboratory. Since 1987,
LANQuest has tested thousands of combinations of network operating systems, servers, routers,
bridges, adapters, workstations, protocol analyzers and network applications. LANQuest's testing
services include compatibility, functionality, interoperability, performance, Q.A., stress, and
certification testing. LANQuest Labs' tests are nationally known and have appeared in such
publications as Network World, LAN Technology, InternetWeek and Personal Computing.
LANQuest also develops and markets network testbench software for use in Engineering and QA
labs as well as intranet performance management solutions for Enterprise Networks. LANQuest's
clients include most leading network vendors, including 3Com, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard,
IBM, Intel, Madge, Microsoft, Novell, SMC, Olicom, and a number of major end users. Visit our
website at lanquest.com .
About Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News
and information are available at cisco.com .
Note to Editors: AccessPath is a trademark and Cisco, Cisco Systems and the Cisco Systems logo
are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other
trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Clare Whitecross, 408/525-2957
cwhitecr@cisco.com
or
LanQuest
Gail James, 510/354-0940
marketing@lanquest.com
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