ABSTRACT

To provide connectivity for a growing number of complex, mission-critical desktop computing applications, today’s enterprises depend on their local area networks (LANs). The bandwidth offered by a typical 10-Mbps Ethernet LAN quickly becomes inadequate to maintain acceptable performance for a growing number of desktop/server computing environments as the volume of highspeed LAN/WAN traffic increases, however. These traffic jams are fueling the need to run compressed data through higher-speed LAN/WANs.