congratulations on your purchase of this fast/gigabit ethernet management switch. this high performance management switch provides ethernet ports to segment network traffics, extend ethernet connection distance, and convert data packets between different transmission speeds.

    this switch utilizes stored-and-forward switching architecture that filters and forwards data after the complete data packet is received and examined to be free of errors. with one set of status leds for each individual port, the switch operation status can be easily monitored.

    all the fast ethernet ports support both full and half duplex mode which are able to provide up to 200mbps(2000mbps for gigabit ports) of bandwidth to the connected devices, with auto-negotiation providing the capability to connect to 100/10mbps(1000/100/10mbps for gigabit ports) network devices. it also supports backpressure and ieee 802.3x advanced flow control capabilities that can reduce congestion and prevent packet loss.

    and it offers advance features:

    1 snmp/web-based management: provides a web browser to manage and monitor the switch.

    2 bandwidth control: input and output rate control.

    3 vlan: port-based and tag-based vlan allow you to set virtual lans within your network

    4 trunking: reduce the bottleneck between switches

    5 qos: two priority queues per port allow you to define which port has higher priority.

    6 802.1x: this switch supports port-based authenticationprotocol, ieee 802.1x.

    in addition, all the ports support the mdi/mdi-x auto-detect function. that is to say, you can connect any device (including pc, switch, hub) to a port of this switch using a regular cable. the rj-45 port will auto-detect and auto-switch to the correct mdi/mdi-x mode (do not need to use a specific uplink port or cross-over cable).