User`s guide

Components of the Network Model
4-2
8000-A2-GB21-10
June 1997
The following illustration shows another internetworking configuration. This
configuration has multiple end users connected to the HotWire 5446 RTU using a
hub. The number of supported end-user systems depends on what route type is
used (host or structured subnetting). For more information, see Chapter 5,
IP
Address Allocation
.
DSL
Card
10BaseT
DSL/POTS
97-15462
.
.
.
End-user
System 1
ISP
WAN
End-user
System 2
End-user
System 32
Router
or VLAN
Switch
HotWire
5446
RTU
10BaseT
When multiple end users are connected, they may opt to access different ISPs,
as illustrated below. When all 18 DSL cards are used, the HotWire DSLAM can
support simultaneous access up to 288 different ISPs or private intranets by the
end users (16 ISPs or private intranets per DSL card).
DSL
Card
10BaseT
DSL/POTS
97-15463
.
.
.
End-user
System 1
.
.
.
ISP1
WAN
ISP2
ISP16
End-user
System 2
End-user
System 32
Router
or VLAN
Switch
HotWire
5446
RTU
10BaseT