sixteen high-performance 10/100mbps nway ports; all ports can auto-negotiate for full- or half-duplex operation

    uplink (mdi-ii) port for straight-through connection to another switch, hub or repeater

    full wire-speed forwarding for 100mbps fast ethernet (148,800 pps) and 10mbps ethernet (14,880 pps) on all ports

    high-performance 2m sgram packet buffer

    up to 8k mac address table

    ieee 802.3x-compliant flow control for full duplex mode

    back-pressure control for half duplex mode

    store-and-forward packet switching supports rate adaptation and ensures data integrity

    a full complement of led status indicators