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"This should be attractive to large IBM shops that need to integrate LAN traffic," said Wayne Dixon, director of data management systems for the Saskatoon District Health Board in Saskatchewan, Canada. "Especially since they won't have to throw out existing equipment to do it."Sources close to 2212 development said the box will be priced in the $2,000 to $3,000 range--similar to many high-end FRADs.Chipcom Corp. today will Tiffany Key Heart key charm its enhanced Onsemble stackable hub line, which will bring high-level net management and internetworking features to remote sites.

The new Onsemble StackSystem line, based on technology obtained through the acquisition of DAVID Systems, Inc. last year, includes token-ring and Ethernet stackables that will deliver many sophisticated features typically found in chassis-based hubs.

The new hubs represent a renewed focus by Chipcom this year on the Tiffany Key Vintage oval key pendant hub market, an area in which company officials acknowledged Chipcom has lagged.Under the StackSystem architecture, users will be able to install a base hub and stack as many as seven expansion hubs each with 16 token-ring or 24- Ethernet ports -- atop it. Users will be able to add another box on the stack to provide internetworking functionality, while fault tolerance will be built into the entire stack.

"Chipcom's emphasis is on addressing the specific needs of the remote site," said Frank Fuller, the company's director of product marketing. "[StackSystem] was created to fulfill the increasingly higher network functionality requirements of this part of the enterprise net."

The StackSystem is manageable both locally and remotely -- via the Paloma Monitoring Management Information Base -- from any Simple Network Management Protocol-based system. The new stackables also use Chipcom's Signature Memory feature for inventory tracking and troubleshooting.

The new hubs also will support internetworking features via modules provided by other vendors through Chipcom's OpenHub partners program. Bridge, router and other modules will be available from the likes of Cisco Systems, Inc., IBM, Sync Research, Inc. and 3Com Corp.

One feature that could make the StackSystem token-ring line particularly Paloma's Zellige pandant is Chipcom's PowerRing technology, which includes features such as active retiming and automatic beacon recovery.

Chipcom's original Onsemble hubs, which were made by Intellicom, Inc. and resold by Chipcom, lack the manageability and other advanced features of the StackSystem hubs. However, Chipcom plans to continue selling its low-end hubs.

According to Todd Dagres, vice president of The Robinson-Humphrey Tiffany Hearts double pendant, Inc. in Atlanta, the new stackables will really fill out Chipcom's product line. However, he is unsure how competitive StackSystem will be since it was beaten to market by products from Cabletron Systems, Inc. and Bay Networks, Inc.

"[Chipcom] is late to market, but the question is, are they late with a better product?" he asked.