The Marathon 2K and 2K Plus are members of a full family of industry-leading Integration Multiplexers offering cost- effective solutions for small to enterprise-sized networks.

Features

• Integrates remote office legacy data with LAN and voice/fax traffic over a common private leased line, ISDN, or public frame relay link for substantial savings
• Locally-attached frame relay devices can transparently pass traffic to the public frame relay network, protecting your capital equipment investment
• Supports new 8 Kbps G.729 ClearVoice^(TM) technology for telephone conversations with toll quality voice while consuming minimal bandwidth
• Asynchronous port switching and contention allow remote users to share resources
• A primary link can be established based on time-of-day configurations for economic remote access
• Modular design provides for optional Integration Router Module, Integral 10Base-T Hub, high density voice compression, voice/fax and legacy data expansion
• Optional Dual-Bank FlashPak^(TM) simplifies network management while reducing disruption during software upgrades
• Supports remote terminal and PC-based NETMan^(TM) network management system
• One-year hardware warranty

Specification Overview

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Both models utilize either private leased lines or private and public frame relay services for cost-effective networking. These models also support Micom's ^(TM)MicroBand ATM cell relay technology which allows optimal throughput for integrated communications traffic over private leased lines. In MicroBand ATM applications, network resiliency can be enhanced using a wide-area backup link over dial-up or ISDN connections.

For public and private frame relay access, the Marathon 2K and 2K Plus allow integrated communications traffic to travel over a common PVC to its destination. Multiple physical WAN links can be configured to segment traffic for access to multiple public frame relay carriers. Both models also allow locally-attached frame relay devices, such as routers that support RFC 1490 encapsulation, token ring and SNA applications, to transparently pass traffic to the public frame relay network.

The Marathon 2K and 2K Plus support ClearVoice technology, based on the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) G.729 standard for WAN voice compression. A new, more powerful digital signal processor and advanced algorithm provide toll-quality voice at 8 Kbps compression rate. Silence suppression and other bandwidth efficiencies reduce the average consumed bandwidth by 50% or more.

The Marathon 2K and 2K Plus handle virtually all legacy data protocols, including DEC VT100, ENQ/ACK and SNA/SDLC. For LAN traffic, an optional Integration Router Module provides robust LAN bridging and routing capabilities. High-speed legacy data and LAN compression provide optimal bandwidth efficiency.