Bay Networks Delivers Worldwide Information Infrastructure for the internet
1996 World Exposition

-- Company's High-Performance Routing Solutions Support the High- Speed
Internet Railroad Global Backbone Network --

-- 1996 World Expo Press Briefing and Demonstration to be held at ComNet,
January 31 --

BILLERICA, Mass., January 29, 1996 -- Bay Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNET)
today announced its high-performance backbone and remote access routers
are providing the network infrastructure for the Internet Railroad - the
backbone network for the world's first Internet World Exposition.
Contributing approximately $1.5 million in internetworking equipment, Bay
Networks is supporting a distributed computing environment that ensures
the reliable transmission of bandwidth-intensive, multicast traffic around
the world. Additionally, the company has established a network operations
center and provided two senior engineers to direct the architecture,
deployment and management of the Internet Railroad.

Modeled after the grand Universal Expositions of the last century, the
Internet 1996 World Exposition is the world's first cyberspace expo that
features an array of global activities both on-line and in the real world.
As a collaboration among community leaders, companies and universities
from around the world, the Internet 1996 World Exposition delivers a
public park for the global village to support the exchange of information,
new technologies, and educational and cultural resources. More than 28
regions from around the world are participating in the Internet World
Exposition, which will run throughout 1996.

As a key component of this world's fair, the Internet Railroad provides a
dedicated backbone resource for moving large volumes of multicast traffic,
such as database information or real-time audio or video transmissions,
between different cities around the world. As a back- end network, the
railroad is used to connect a set of core pavilions together, which can
include live audio and video conferencing, chat rooms, electronic mail and
Java Applets.

The Internet Railroad supplements the general purpose Internet by providing
a series of high-bandwidth, global telecommunications lines operating at
45 million bits per second. This T3 core infrastructure also supports a
system of lower-speed lines that operate multicasting from satellites at
64 to 192 thousands bits per second, metropolitan and regional networks at
10 to 45 million bits per second, and leased T1 lines at 1.5444 million
bits per second.

For more information about the technical infrastructure of the Internet
1996 World Exposition, attend the ComNet Press Briefing on Wednesday,
January 31, at 11:15 A.M. in press conference room #9 at the Washington
Convention Center. This press briefing will explore the Expo's technical
infrastructure and feature Carl Malamud, president of the Internet
Multicasting Service, and MCI's Vint Cerf, a renowned Internet pioneer.

Building the Internet Railroad Backbone Network

Providing a public, global infrastructure for the Internet, Bay Networks
has installed its high-performance Backbone Concentrator Node (BCN")
routers, Backbone Link Node (BLN(tm)) routers and remote Access Stack Node
(ASN(tm)) routers throughout the Internet Railroad. Together, these
products link the Expo's major transit points located in Asia, Europe, and
the United States.

As part of this network, a Bay Networks high-end BCN router provides
connectivity to the Washington, D.C.-based MAE- (Metropolitan Area
Ethernet) East Internet Exchange, one of the largest Internet exchange
points in the world. Additionally, Bay Networks' internetworking solutions
connect the Expo's primary pavilions, such as the Internet Multicasting
Service "cyberstations" in Washington, D.C., and core sites including the
National Press Club ballroom used for the Exposition's Internet Town
Hall.

"As the world's first expo for the information age, the Internet 1996 World
Exposition provides millions of people around the world with the unique
opportunity to visit new places, exchange experiences and ideas, learn
about different cultures and customs, and use new technologies," stated
Gary Bowen, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Bay
Networks. "The deployment of Bay Networks' high performance routing
solutions throughout the Internet Railroad - the dedicated, high-speed
infrastructure that triples the intercontinental capacity of the global
Internet - provides worldwide connectivity as well as continuous
information and interaction for all users both today and in the future."

Bay Networks internetworking products deliver FDDI, HSSI, Ethernet and
synchronous connectivity while providing a global infrastructure for both
popular and emerging multimedia applications, remote site network services
and wide area connectivity. Bay Networks delivers complete
vendor-to-vendor interoperability for the Internet Railroad, with routing
protocols including BGP-4, DVMRP and OSPF.

Bay Networks, Inc. is a leading worldwide supplier of a full range of
highly available, multiprotocol routers, intelligent hubs, high- speed
switches, and sophisticated network management products for organizations
building enterprise-wide information internetworks. The company also
serves backbone, regional and local Internet access providers around the
world. Through its recent acquisition of Xylogics, a leader in the remote
access market, Bay Networks also offers a complete line of award-winning
analog, channelized T-1 and ISDN remote access products that provide
remote users and offices transparent access to corporate network
resources. With more than 1,500 resellers and 2,000 direct sales and
customer support personnel worldwide, Bay Networks markets and supports
its comprehensive product suite in 121 offices, providing 7x24 global
support coverage. Bay Networks' World Wide Web address is:
http://www.baynetworks.com.
 
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