3Com OFFICECONNECT 3C886 - Manual (Page 14)

14 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION
Local Networking with
Access to the Internet
Users can share access to the Internet while continuing to network locally, as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Local Networking with Internet Access
Local Networking with
Access to a Remote
Office
Users can share access to a remote office LAN while continuing to network locally,
as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Local Networking with Access to a Remote Office LAN
OfficeConnect
56K LAN modem
Public telephone
network
Internet/Intranet
or
online service
Analog POTS line
OfficeConnect™ ISDN LAN Modem
OfficeConnect
Hub 8 TPO
Alert PWR COLL PKT COAX 1 2 3 4 green = link OK, off = link fail, yellow = partition
Port Status
5 6 7 8 1% 2% 3% 6% 12% 25% 50% 80%
Network Utilization Office Connect ¨ Hub
3 Com
PWR AA CD 3 Com Alert Tx Coll 1 2 3 4
LAN STATUS
RD SD OH
OfficeConnect™
56K LAN Modem