
                   Manageable Multiport PC bridge
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                      BriLAN v2.3  (FREE DEMO)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Contents:

    1. Introduction
    2. TS Bridge specifications
    3. BriLAN features
    4. Hardware requirements
    5. Quick installation guide
    6. DEMO specifications
    7. DEMO licensing and warranty
    8. Product ordering and pricing



    1. INTRODUCTION
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    BriLAN is ethernet based multiport PC bridge/switch with built
in  powerful management functions,  network monitoring and statis-
tics.  The package  includes the bridging software "TS Bridge" and
the  graphical  console  software  "TS Bridge Manager"  for remote
online management.

TS Bridge supports up to 6 ISA and/or PCI ethernet adapters instal-
led in PC with CPU 286 or higher.

Currently it works with:
 ISA
  - SMC EliteUltra, ElitePLUS, EtherEZ
  - 3Com EtherLink III (3c509)
 PCI
  - SMC EtherPower (SMC8432BT 10Mb and SMC9332DST 10/100Mb)

    It allows you to build your own bridge for actual requirements
by combination of various 10Mb and 100Mb adapters with BNC,TP or AUI.

At all, BriLAN is flexible, efficient and low cost solution, which
immediately improves the network performance,  decreases number of
collisions and errors, and also is useful for security purposes in
your LAN.


    2. TS Bridge SPECIFICATIONS
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  - transparent MAC level bridging
  - store and forward method (60 kB buffer)
  - maximum number of slots 6
  - maximum number of learned nodes 1000
  - maximum number of managed bridges 24/console
  - non official packet types (DADE, DADF) are used for internal
    BriLAN communication, which are not routable

  Card to card packet forwarding per second for several packet sizes

Pkt Size:               64      128     256     512     1024   1500
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Ideal bridge          14200    8220    4460     2330    1190    820

SMC_PCI  -> SMC_ISA   11364    7246    4132     2247    1167    810
SMC_ISA  -> SMC_PCI   10152    7576    <--- Ideal bridge speed --->
SMC_ISA  -> SMC_ISA    8475    6289    3802     2165    1145    802
SMC_PCI  -> SMC_PCI    <---------- Ideal bridge speed ------------>
SMC_PCI  -> 3Com_ISA   <---------- Ideal bridge speed ------------>
3Com_ISA -> SMC_PCI    <---------- Ideal bridge speed ------------>
3Com_ISA -> 3Com_ISA  13200    8100    <--- Ideal bridge speed --->
--------------------------------------------------------------------
SMC_PCI    = SMC EtherPower (SMC8432BT)
SMC_ISA    = SMC EliteUltra (SMC8216B)
3Com_ISA   = 3Com EtherLink III (3c509)
Measured on 486DX5/133 machine




    3. BriLAN FEATURES
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     - Online monitoring and management of LAN
     - Improved network performance
     - Built in traffic statistics (Actual,Maximal,Total,Average) on levels:
         * Bridge
         * Segment
         * User
     - Packet lengths statistics
     - Packet type statistics
     - Protocol filtering
     - MAC address filtering
     - Network events logging
     - Remote Enabling/Disabling of selected bridge slots ans users
     - Remote bridge restart
     - Network and bridge history (logfiles)
     - Automatically created network map (given by actual topology of bridges)
     - Tracing of card-to-card type communication
     - Database and accounting of network nodes (MAC address, user name, etc ...)
     - Comfortable mouse driven GUI

     - Modular technology based on standard PC components
     - Low realization prices



    4. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     TS Bridge:
        At least one PC configured as follows:
        - MB with CPU 80286 or higher
        - 640 kB of RAM
        - 1 FDD (min. 720 kB)
        - MSDOS 3.0 or higher
        - at least 2 supported NICs with our adapted FREE packet drivers
           * SMC EliteUltra, EtherEZ, ElitePLUS and some older
           * 3Com EtherLink III (3c509)
        - optional monitor (for local checking of bridge statistics)
        - optional HDD and keyboard
        - additional fan for cooling of ethernet adapters (really necessary)

     TS Bridge Manager:
        1 PC connected to LAN as your network management console:
        - MB with CPU 386 or higher
        - 640 kB of RAM
        - HDD (approx. 1 MB of free space is needed)
        - VGA resolution monitor (monochrome/color)
        - GM compatibile mouse pointing device and keyboard
        - MSDOS 3.0 or higher
        - 1 ethernet adapter with (Crynwr) packet driver

     HW key:
       - contained in BriLAN package
       - required for security and nonauthorized bridge management protection



    5. QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      TS Bridge
         - Create bootable diskette (min 720 kB)
         - Now copy content of BRIDGE directory to the diskette
         - Prepare your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (see example file)
         - Put the prepared diskette to your PC bridge, attach it
           to the network and switch it ON

      TS Bridge Manager
         - Create working directory on your local disk
         - Copy the content of MANAGER directory to them
         - Install the appropriate packet driver for your network adapter
            "3c509 0x60" - (for example for 3Com card)
            "smc_wd 0x60 3 0x280 0xd000" - (for some SMC card)
         - Install mouse driver if it was not already installed
         - Run the TSM.EXE

      Now you are ready to manage your LAN. Good luck !



    6. DEMO SPECIFICATIONS
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     - full functional version (not time limited)
     - reduced network management capabilities
     - limited statistics outputs
     - maximum number of learned nodes:     500  addresses/bridge
     - maximum number of managed bridges:     8  bridges/console
     - PCI ethernet adapters not supported
     - HW key not required




    7. DEMO LICENSING AND WARRANTY
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
    FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
    OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
    PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
    OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
    TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE
    PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
    REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

        IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
    WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
    REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
    INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
    OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
    TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
    YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
    PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

    BriLAN DEMO is copyrighted software and all rights are reserved.
    BriLAN DEMO may not be changed or modified in any way except by the
    author. BriLAN DEMO is FREEWARE and may be freely distributed as
    long as it remains in its complete form with all support and
    documentation files. It may be used for unlimited time period.

    If you obtained this program from a freeware disk distributor,
    then you have paid only for the service of copying this disk,
    but you have not paid for the program itself. The author receives
    no part of the price you may have paid to a disk distributor
    for this disk.


    8. PRODUCT ORDERING AND PRICING
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    I N T R O D U C I N G   P R I C E S   valid from  May 1996

    - TS Bridge (ISA) ......... $100 / bridge licence
    - TS Bridge (ISA+PCI) ..... $160 / bridge licence
    - TS Bridge Manager ....... $220 / console licence for up to 12 bridges
    - TS Bridge Manager ....... $260 / console licence for up to 24 bridges
    - HW key ..................  $66 / BriLAN package



 Your experiences with BriLAN, comments and any new ideas are welcomed !

 For further information about the BriLAN package please contact us:

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  TetraSoft Ltd.
  P.O.Box 35
  90001 Modra           Fax: +42 7 841326
  SLOVAK REPUBLIC       Contact person E-mail: datel@fns.uniba.sk
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