Overview#
SynOptics Communications was a Santa Clara, California-based early computer network equipment vendor from
1985 until
1994 and popularized the concept of the modular Ethernet hub and high-speed Ethernet networking over copper
twisted-pair and fiber optic cables.SynOptics Communications produced
LattisNet which was one of the major contributors to the
10BASE-T standards.SynOptics Communications was the market leader in
Ethernet LAN Network hubs over rivals
3Com Corporation and
Cabletron SystemsSynOptics Communications merged in October,
1994 with
Wellfleet Communications form
Bay Networks would in turn by acquired by
Nortel Networks Corporation in June,
1998
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- based on information obtained 2018-08-31-