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(COMTEX) Ariel's RASCAL Gets A+ from Internet Week; Open Remote Acces
Ariel's RASCAL Gets A+ from Internet Week; Open Remote Access Solution Gets
High Marks for Performance and Ease of Installation
CRANBURY, N.J. (Nov. 20) BUSINESS WIRE -Nov. 20, 1997--Ariel Corp.
(NASDAQ:ADSP) Thursday announced the results of an independent test
performed by Internet Week Labs on its RASCAL RS1000 remote access
solution for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows NT servers.
In a head-to-head test of four 56K remote access servers, each with
integrated T1/PRI and a minimum of 24 ports, RASCAL received the
highest marks for performance and ease of installation.
Internet Week tested remote access servers from Ariel, 3COM
(NASDAQ:COMS), Ascend (NYSE:ASND) and Multi-Tech. Of these, Ariel's
RASCAL was the only open-system remote access server (RAS) solution
tested.
RASCAL is an Open RAS solution for Windows NT Server that provides the
physical connections needed for remote dial-in and LAN dial-out. The
RASCAL RS1000 transforms Windows NT servers into full-featured 56K (56
kbps), ISDN (64 kbps) and V.34 (33.6 kbps) remote access servers.
Utilizing the latest Routing and Remote Access Services provided by
Windows NT, the RS1000 gives corporate IT and MIS managers an
out-of-the-box solution for adding up to 48 ports of remote access to
Windows NT servers and integrating it with the corporate LAN.
Keith Schultz, who conducted the test for Internet Week Labs using a
Series II central office phone line simulator, gave RASCAL an A+ for
performance and an A for ease of installation. "Sometimes," said
Schultz, "the biggest surprises come in the smallest packages. The
RASCAL RS1000 from Ariel showed the other 56K servers how to send data
across the wire."
Schultz was especially impressed with RASCAL's performance. "Ariel is
the surprise performer in our 56K roundup, posting some of the fastest
transfers we've ever seen. The RASCAL posted by far the best
performance numbers of the bunch on the clean-line text file transfers.
It completed the 3-megabyte text file transfer in an amazing 221.9
seconds, which works out to about 165.26 kbps. In the real world, the
RASCAL RS1000 is still a consistent performer, posting
better-than-average transfer rates under varying line conditions."
Schultz also found RASCAL to be the easiest to install of the four
remote access servers tested. "The installation steps are explained
well and each step is well documented," remarked Schultz. "All told, we
went from nothing to ready-to-run in about an hour."
"With the servers we tested," added Schultz, "configuring the T1
interface is usually what gives us the most difficulty. Not so with
RASCAL's software installation. Not only does it automatically detect
your hardware settings, it can also 'sniff out' your T1 settings. If
you want to set the T1 parameters by hand, you can do so from a single
page in Ariel's RASCALadmin application. Ariel has also built in a wide
range of T1 service settings, so there should be no problem matching up
to any service."
Overall, Schultz described RASCAL as cost-effective for small
companies, but robust enough for large installations. "If you have NT
servers in your organization and are looking for a cost-effective way
to provide 56K access," advised Schultz, "you may want to take a good
look at RASCAL." More on RASCAL
The RASCAL RS1000 is an open systems, PC-based remote access server
(RAS) solution for Windows NT Server. The RS1000 combines up to 48
56-kbps Rockwell (NYSE:ROK) K56flex modems with a pair of T1/Primary
Rate ISDN interfaces.
RASCAL interoperates with digital 56-kbps K56flex modems, 64-kbps
basic rate ISDN customer premises equipment and analog 33.6-kbps V.34
modems, supporting up to 48 simultaneous remote access sessions.
Support for autorate fallbacks enables RASCAL to operate at the highest
speed supported by the subscriber modem.
RASCAL Open RAS technology makes remote access easy and reduces
overall cost of ownership. RASCAL requires no external boxes, no
proprietary software, no fussing with wires and power supplies, and
minimal staff training. All MIS/IT managers need do is install the
RASCAL's PC board set inside an NT Server, run a simply utility, and
they're up and running with remote access in less than one hour. More
on Ariel
Ariel Corp. (NASDAQ:ADSP) offers the industry's highest density and
most cost-effective remote access data solutions for open systems
platforms. The company's high-density RASCAL, T1-Modem+, and T1-Modem
PC-based modem pools, which support 56-kbps, V.34+ and ISDN remote
access sessions, connect to T1, E1, ISDN and POTS lines.
Ariel's remote access products target open systems servers spanning a
broad range of applications including telecommuting, Internet access,
corporate Intranet and Extranet access, online services, transaction
processing and unified messaging. The company is also developing ADSL
systems for high-speed remote access applications.
For more information on Ariel products, please contact Ariel Corp. at
2540 Route 130, Cranbury, N.J. 08512. Phone: 609/860-2900. Fax:
609/860-1155. E-mail: rascal@ariel.com. World Wide Web:
www.ariel.com/rascal .
Ariel, Open RAS, RASCAL, RASCAL RS1000 and RASCALadmin are trademarks
or tradenames of Ariel. All other trademarks or tradenames are the
property of their respective owners.
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