the giga switch is designed to allow simultaneous transmission of multiple packets via an internal high-speed data channel. this means that it can partition a network more efficiently than bridges or routers in most environments.

    the ethernet switch is equipped with unshielded twisted-pair (utp) cable ports providing dedicated 10 or 100mbps bandwidth. they support one mdi-x/ mdi-ii convertible port (port 4// or 12// or 20// of 8port/ 16port/ 24port 10/100m+2ports giga switch) that can be used for uplinking to another switch. the dual speed ports use standard twisted-pair cabling and are ideal for segmenting networks into small, connected subnetworks. each 100m port can support up to 200mbps of throughput in full-duplex mode. each 1000m port can support up to 2gbps in full-duplex mode.

    in addition, the switch is also support 2 ethernet gigabit ports to uplink to a server or network backbone. these giga switches are designed for plug and play installation, allows the network administrator to simply connect the network and power cables and the switching/bridging functions begin automatically.

    the front panel of these 10/100m plus giga switches provide leds for easy recognition of the switch operation status and for troubleshooting. these leds display the power status for the system and link, speed, collision, full-duplex, and receive status for each port.

    the giga switch is highly reliable network switch for the applications demanding multimedia and imaging concurrently with other user applications without creating bottlenecks. the built-in console interface can be used to configure the switch's setting for priority queuing, vlan, and port trunk groups, port monitoring and port speed.