Linksys SLM248G4S Product Data

Cost-effective, secure switching with
simplified management for your
growing business
Growing businesses require cost-effective, networking solutions that can scale with ever-
changing business needs. The Linksys SLM248G4S Smart Switch brings a whole new level
of intelligence and security to the network infrastructure at a cost-effective price. It offers 48
10/100 Ethernet (copper) ports with four 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet copper or optional
optical (SFP) interfaces for uplinking connected users to the core network.
Network security is a top priority in any size business; unauthorized access to the network
and mission critical data is a constant concern. The SLM248G4S is able to secure the network
through 802.1X port authentication and MAC Filtering. 802.1X requires clients to authenticate
themselves before the port will pass data.
The SLM248G4S switches provide resilient stacking for a stack of up to 192 ports. A stack of units
is managed as a single switch with one Web Management interface to manage all the units.
SLM248G4S can coexist in a stack with other Linksys Smart Stackable PoE and 24-port versions—
SLM224G4PS, SLM224G4S, and SLM248G4PS.
Businesses are recognizing the benefits of Voice over IP (VoIP) phone calling and are quickly
migrating their voice services to IP-based platforms, requiring their local area networks to support
both voice and data applications. The SLM248G4S's extensive QoS features make the solution ideal
for real-time applications like Voice and Video. The four priority queues together with Weighted
Round Robin and Strict Priority scheduling techniques let network administrators quickly prioritize
real-time voice and video traffic over data traffic. Individual users or applications can also be
prioritized above others using various Class of Service options—by port, Layer 2 priority (802.1p),
and Layer 3 priority (TOS or DSCP). Intelligent Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown Unicast storm
control minimizes and contains the effects that these types of storms have on regular traffic. IGMP
Snooping limits bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the requestors without flooding to all users.
Incoming traffic can be policed and outgoing traffic can be shaped allowing network administrators to
control network access and traffic flow.
The SLM248G4S also includes features for network expansion and faster throughput performance.
Link aggregation enables network administrators to create multiple high-bandwidth trunks between
switches. This provides a level of reliability because the system will continue to operate if one of the links
breaks. Spanning Tree (STP) and Fast Spanning Tree allow administrators to build a mesh of switches
increasing the availability of the system.
The simplified user interface provides an intuitive, secure management platform enabling administrators
to better utilize the comprehensive feature set of the switch, resulting in a better optimized, more secure
network.
Easy-to-use Web browser Grow your network with
interface makes installation options like Resilient
quick and effortless Stacking and Link
Aggregation
48-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit
Stackable Smart Switch
SLM248G4S
Model:
802.1X port authentication Advanced QoS enables the
and MAC address filtering network to be optimized for
brings network security your networked applications,
down to the switch port including voice, video and
level data storage
SLM248G4S
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