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To: sepku who wrote (12652)	2/24/1998 12:06:00 PM
From: sepku	Respond to of 77400

Forwarding this news item... ------------------------------------------------------ Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router Independently Verified as Industry's Leading Performer Harvard University's Scott Bradner Verifies 15 Million Packets Per Second Routing Performance ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1998-- Cabletron Systems, a recognized leader in high-performance networking solutions, has proven that the new SmartSwitch Router is the world's highest performance backbone router. The Harvard University Network Device Test Laboratory tested the Cabletron SmartSwitch Router at a routing forwarding rate of 15 million packets per second with zero packet loss. Under rigorous testing using industry recognized benchmarks, Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router delivered more than double the performance of competing products previously evaluated by Bradner. The new SmartSwitch Router aggressively positions Cabletron in the rapidly expanding switch router market. The changing demands on corporate networks, including explosive traffic growth from bandwidth- hungry applications such as the Internet and electronic commerce and the centralization of key network resources, all contribute to requirements for higher-speed networking technologies to solve bandwidth congestion. Speed, simplicity, and dramatic cost savings make these Layer 3 SmartSwitch Routers the preferred solution for the universal challenges of growth, bandwidth, and budgetary constraints. Scott Bradner, Managing Director of the Harvard Laboratory stated, ''This router demonstrated the highest aggregate forwarding rate for IP packets of any device that has been in the lab to date.'' The independent evaluation clearly establishes three key areas of industry leadership. -- Performance -- For the first time, standards based routing was independently verified at 15 million packets per second. -- Speed -- The SmartSwitch Router maintained wire speed Gigabit routing with zero packet loss. -- Port density -- Gigabit router testing has scaled to 14 interfaces for the first time. An early user, Don Slade, President of Internet Service of Albany, Inc. (ISOA) stated, ''We are extremely impressed with the Cabletron SmartSwitch Router. When we enabled the security features (access control lists) we saw no drop in performance. The SmartSwitch Router delivered both performance and functionality -- that's unprecedented.'' Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router is the ideal solution for service providers and enterprise backbones. Offering industry leading price, performance, capacity, functionality, and manageability, Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router delivers standards based, full-function wire-speed routing. By implementing routing functionality in high-speed ASICs, Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router delivers more than 100 times the performance of traditional routers at one tenth the price. ''We are extremely pleased to see SmartSwitch Routers independently validated by one of the industry's most recognized test labs,'' said Mike Skubisz, Cabletron's Vice President, Solutions Marketing. ''Cabletron's SmartSwitch Routers deliver 1,000 times better price/performance to meet business application demands. This is the best solution for the rapidly expanding convergence of voice, video, and data infrastructures.'' Unique in the industry, the SmartSwitch Router maintains wire-speed performance while providing policy based quality of service (QoS), full RMON2 accounting, and Access Control List security. Layer 4 decision making and extensive management capabilities deliver pin-point application control which can be leveraged for Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Capacity Planning purposes. Cabletron offers one of the industry's lowest entry costs for switch routers. Pricing begins at $499 per port for Fast Ethernet. Compliance to industry standards including 802.1Q VLANs, 802.1p policy, and RMON/RMON2 accounting has aligned the SmartSwitch Router with Cabletron's award winning SmartSwitch, Spectrum, and SecureFast offerings. Cabletron Systems, a recognized leader in providing high-performance computer networking products, has provided dependable network access and communications to millions of people throughout the world. With scaleable products designed for Fortune 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron provides simple, reliable and cost-effective business solutions for the information age. Cabletron's World Wide Web site can be reached on the Internet at http// www.cabletron.com. Cabletron and SmartSwitch are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cabletron Systems.