ASCEND ANNOUNCES NEW ENTRY-LEVEL MAX REMOTE ACCESS SWITCH

MAX 200 Offers Upgradable Open Architecture for Telecommuting and Mobile
Computing

ATLANTA, (NETWORLD+INTEROP 95) September 25, 1995 -- Ascend Communications,
Inc. (Nasdaq: ASND), based in Alameda, CA, today announced the MAX 200,
the newest member of Ascend's industry-leading family of remote access
switches. Targeted at small businesses, remote offices, and small
"community" ISPs (Internet Service Providers), the MAX 200 provides a
modular platform for remote access offering a fully upgradable, open
architecture for telecommuting, Internet access, and mobile computing.
Ascend will demonstrate the MAX 200 this week at the Networld+Interop 95
tradeshow (Ascend Booth #4124), located here.

The MAX 200 offers high-performance remote access via industry-standard PC
Cards (PCMCIA), for analog dial-in, ISDN (Integrated Services Digital
Network) and, in early 1996, Frame Relay support, according to Bernie
Schneider, vice president of marketing for Ascend. "With the MAX 200,
small business and remote office customers now have an ideal solution for
their mobile workers and telecommuters to access corporate network
resources," Schneider said.

The MAX 200 supports multiple dial-in connections to an Ethernet network,
supporting TCP/IP, IPX and Appletalk LAN protocols. It has a RISC-based
architecture with slots for eight industry-standard PC Cards (PCMCIA).
Installing PC Cards (PCMCIA) is easy and eliminates the power cords,
cables, and initialization strings normally associated with separate
external modems and terminal adapters. The modular platform makes upgrades
such as adding additional modem or ISDN PC Cards, and support for Frame
Relay, as simple as inserting a PC Card.

"MAX 200 provides Corporate America and Internet Service Providers with a
single, integrated remote access solution with central management, central
security, and a common user authentication database and billing system,"
Schneider said. "Ascend is the only vendor to offer this level of
scalability and remote access management."

The MAX 200 supports PPP and Appletalk Remote Access and is compatible with
PCs running Windows 95, Windows 3.X and the MacIntosh OS. It is available
and includes Ascend's client software needed to connect workstations to
the MAX 200.

Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, sells and
supports a broad range of high-speed analog and digital wide- area network
access products. These products use bandwidth on demand to enhance
existing corporate networks for applications such as remote LAN access,
telecommuting, SOHO and Internet access, and videoconferencing/multimedia
access.

Ascend Communications,
1275 Harbor Bay Parkway,
Alameda, CA 94502.
 
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