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To: kha vu who wrote (6630)	8/30/1999 3:59:00 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8358

Cabletron Announces Advanced Network Traffic Control Capabilities Becomes The First and Only Networking Vendor To Offer Inbound Rate Limiting For Its Switching Solutions ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 1999--Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS - news) today announced Inbound Rate Limiting (IRL), a service that controls network traffic rates on interfaces of the company's award-winning SmartSwitch solutions. This advanced control enables service providers to offer tiered services to their subscribers and allows network managers to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for high-priority applications. ''Controlling the amount of traffic accepted by a network interface offers a wide range of benefits to customers,'' said Trent Waterhouse, Cabletron's director of marketing, enterprise business unit. ''Service providers can now offer specific bandwidth levels to subscribers rather than one-speed access, and enterprise networks can meet the SLA requirements of high-bandwidth applications such as desktop video or voice-over-IP.'' Inbound Rate Limiting is now available for SmartSwitch 2000 and 6000 solutions, and will be available for SmartSwitch 9000 solutions in October 1999. IRL provides bandwidth control from 0.5 Mbps to 1 Gbps, and compliments Cabletron's Quality-of-Service (QoS) initiatives by allowing rate limiting to be defined on both a priority and per-port basis. Cabletron offers a comprehensive range of QoS solutions, including: -0- -- Application-based Switching SmartSwitch 2000/6000/9000 SmartSwitch ATM 2500/6500/9500 -- Application-based Routing SmartSwitch Router 2000/8000/8600 SmartSwitch Router 600/700 SmartSwitch Router 100/200 -- Application-based Remote Access SmartSwitch Access 700 -- Multivendor Management SPECTRUM Management Platform -- Standards-based Solutions IEEE 802.1p, IETF IP ToS/DiffServ and ATM Forum TM 4.0 IRL is designed to interoperate with standards-based protocol implementations, and actively works with protocols such as TCP to ensure accurate bandwidth limiting. For more information on Cabletron IRL, visit the company's web site at cabletron.com. About Cabletron Systems Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of world-class networking solutions, delivers reliable network access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scaleable products designed for Global 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist in the Internet economy. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500 index company. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at cabletron.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: Cabletron Systems Drew Miale (603) 337-0265 dmiale@ctron.com