Asante Technologies Unveils AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub and AsanteView 2.6

Strategic Insights -

Asante Technologies Inc. has announced the AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub, a revolutionary new product that combines Fast Ethernet TX and fiber optic FX ports in a single hub, allowing customers to add greater distance high-speed backbone and server connections to their network. The company has also released a new version of its network management program, AsanteView 2.6, which provides tighter integration with Windows 95 and support for Asante's new Fast Ethernet products. The AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub is a nine-port manageable hub designed to deliver high-speed networking over Category 5 unshielded twisted pair and longer-distance fiber optic wire.

Key Takeaways:

  • The AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub offers a reliable and easy solution for high-speed networking over greater distances, with a total of 308 meters possible over a fiber optic backbone.
  • The hub delivers a range of functionality, including stackability, to give companies an easy migration path to 100BASE-TX networking and speeds 10 times faster than standard 10BASE-T Ethernet.
  • The hub can be combined with Asante's other Fast Ethernet hub, the AsanteFAST 100 TX Hub, for a total of 30 AsanteFAST hubs possible in a single Fast Ethernet collision domain.
  • AsanteView 2.6 is the newest version of Asante's SNMP-based network management program, offering management of Asante's new Fast Ethernet products, including both 100 hubs and the AsanteFAST 100 Management Module.
  • The AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub is designed to address the performance and throughput requirements of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as desktop publishing, pre-press, digital video processing, and others.
  • Asante's Fast Ethernet products enable companies to transition smoothly from 10Mbps to 100Mbps networking, providing a network migration path that matches their own growth path.

Statistics:

  • The AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub can reach a distance of 308 meters over a fiber optic backbone.
  • The hub is stackable, allowing up to 15 hubs in a stack.
  • The hub can be combined with up to 30 AsanteFAST hubs in a single Fast Ethernet collision domain.
  • AsanteView 2.6 offers management of Asante's new Fast Ethernet products, including both 100 hubs and the AsanteFAST 100 Management Module.

Sources:

  • "Asante Announces New Fast Ethernet Hub with Fiber Optic Port". [No publication date]. PR Newswire.
  • "AsanteView 2.6 Integrates Tighter with Windows 95". [No publication date]. PR Newswire.
  • "AsanteFAST 100 TX/FX Hub and AsanteView 2.6 Released". [No publication date]. Asante Technologies Inc.