CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- Canoga Perkins, a worldwide leading supplier of fiber optic extension equipment and cost effective CWDM systems, today announced the EdgeAccess L351 10/100BaseT Ethernet Service Unit (ESU). This is the latest addition to the ever-growing Canoga Perkins family of fiber optic LAN extension products. The L351, which helps support QoS implementations, provides an ideal choice for Service Providers delivering Ethernet Transparent LAN Service (TLS) LAN extension services. The L351 provides the longest distance extension of any product in its class at 120 km and is NEBS Level 3 Tested and Certified.

The new L351 Ethernet Service Unit is an Ethernet and Fast Ethernet compliant technology module that supports fiber optic extension of native 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps TLS. It provides more features, such as Ethernet Jumbo Frame support, and a wider range of applications than any other product in its class. The L351 supports SNMP and SideBand Management for total local and remote unit control. Additional the L351 supports Layer 2 statistics reporting, maintenance and fault isolation features include built-in local and remote loopbacks, link loss detection and remote fault detection. The L351 is 10/100 Mbps speed auto sensing or can be software configured by the user. A variety of optical network interfaces, including multimode, singlemode, single fiber or CWDM interface optics, are offered. This permits use in virtually all Ethernet TLS applications. The modular and hot swappable L351 has a 2U footprint to save valuable rack space. It can be rack mounted in the Canoga Perkins Carrier Class UCS1002 Multi-Technology Platform or 1030/1020 customer premise standalone enclosures.

"We will continue to make advances in Ethernet LAN extension and value engineered fiber optic networking products to satisfy our user's requirements," said Jack Buhn, Canoga Perkins President and CEO.

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