The ubiquitous router is the gear that makes Internet connectivity and communications possible. New price benchmarks are being set for low-cost routers as they are being commoditized. Commodity routers are fast, inexpensive and can handle a wide range of networking applications. I recently took a look at Patton Electronics' router, the IPLink WAN Gateway. In Patton's gateway router family there are three main variants based on the installed WAN interfaces. Model 2603 is equipped with an integrated T1, E1, CSU and DSU for connection to full and fractional T1 and E1 services. The 2621 model is a DTE and DCE user-configurable X.21 version. The 2635 model is equipped with a V.35 interface.
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