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New Linksys Business Series
Smart Gigabit Ethernet
Switches deliver
cost-effective switching
solutions that are ideal for
small businesses or
workgroups within larger
organizations. These
high-speed switches offer
entry-level management
without the cost and
complexity of a full Layer 2
managed switch.
New Linksys Business
Series Smart Ethernet
Switches are cost-effective
switching solutions ideal
for small businesses, the
network edge, or workgroups
within larger organizations.
These easy-to-install,
high-speed switches offer
many of the same Quality of
Service and Security
features found in more
expensive full Layer 2
managed switches but without
their complexity. The
SLM224G offers twenty-four
(24) 10/100 Copper ports
with two (2) shared Gigabit
copper or optical (SFP)
uplink interfaces for
connecting the switch to the
core network. The SLM224G’s
simplified user interface is
an intuitive management tool
enabling you to quickly
utilize the comprehensive
feature-set of the switch,
resulting in a better
optimized network.
Quality of Service – The
SLM224G includes numerous
QoS features to ensure that
traffic is prioritized
properly to deliver the best
possible user experience for
real time applications like
voice and video or bandwidth
intensive graphic/video file
uploads or downloads. With
its IGMP Snooping feature,
the SLM224G limits IP
multicast traffic (real time
presentations,
videoconferences, on-line
gaming) to only the ports
that have requested it
enabling the rest of the
network to operate at peak
efficiency. Additional QoS
capabilities like IEEE
802.1p Priority Tagging,
DSCP (Differentiated
Services Code Point), and 4
hardware queues also
maintain quality for
real-time applications like
voice and video. Network
traffic can be optimized
with the switch’s 802.1q
VLAN (Virtual LAN) support
which enables you to quickly
segregate network traffic by
department or workgroup.
VLANs also provide an
additional layer of security
by keeping sensitive data
separated from other
workgroups on the network.
Network Security is an
absolute requirement for any
business and preventing
unauthorized access to the
company network is
business-critical. The
SLM224G secures the network
through 802.1X port
authentication which prompts
end-users to provide their
username and password before
they are permitted to pass
data. User access can also
be controlled through the
SLM224G’s MAC Filtering
capability which allows
network access only to those
devices or workstations that
have been authorized as
identified by their MAC
(Media Access Control)
address. The Many-to-One or
One-to-One Port Mirroring
feature of the SLM224G
enables you to monitor the
type of traffic being
transmitted on the network.
Quick, foolproof network
expansion – The SLM224G
includes features for
quickly expanding and
growing your network. To
substantially increase
network throughput speeds,
especially useful for
companies whose employees
are routinely backing up
their hard drives to a
company server or storage
platform, the SLM224G
supports Link Aggregation
which allows multiple
high-bandwidth trunks
between switches to be set
up. Link Aggregation also
provides a level of
availability and redundancy
as traffic will continue to
flow even if one of the
network links break. The
SLM224G’s Spanning Tree
Protocol support (STP) and
Storm Control features help
to control planned or
inadvertent cable loops when
switches are connected to
one another. These loops can
cause broadcast or multicast
storms in the network and
severely limit its
performance. With these
features, you can
confidently build a mesh of
switches and quickly expand
your network to support your
growing workforce. |
