Small and far-flung offices are getting more attention from router vendors, who are offering affordable products with a small number of ports. Xylogics (800-225-3317 or 617-272-8140) has released the $1,995 Remote Annex 2000, a four-port remote-access server and router that supports AppleTalk, TCP/IP, and IPX LAN protocols, plus dial-in via ARA, PPP, and SLIP. Too bad there's no Mac management interface. b Space saving is the goal of Focus Enhancements (800-538-8865 or 617-938-8088), with its EtherLAN Hub 16 V ($439), a 16-port, unmanaged 10BASE-T hub that's oriented vertically rather than horizontally. b For the pager-oriented: Version 1.5 of PageNow, from Mark/Space Softworks (800-799-1718 or 510-843-6485), can send messages to alphanumeric pagers from QuickMail, Eudora (an Internet-mail reader), CompuServe mail, Now Up-to-Date, and several voice-messaging and fax systems. PageNow is available in Personal, Workgroup, and Enterprise packages, ranging in price from $119 to $1,295.
