Shared Features - NETGEAR FS 517TS User Manual

Shared Features

The FS517TS and FS524S Switches share the following key features:
• Support wire-speed filtering and forwarding of the traffic on all ports
• Scale to meet your growing network needs, enabling performance to keep pace with
port density
• Boast high-speed bandwidth over stacking connections
• Provide easy Plug-and-Play installation with no software to configure, for quick and
easy connection to new or existing 10 and 100 Mbps users and services
• Support store-and-forward intelligent processing to remove erroneous packets from
the network
• Support automatic address-learning function to build the packet-forwarding
information table. The table contains up to 8,000 media access control (MAC)
addresses (that is, the switch can support networks with as many as 8,000 devices).
• Autosense link speed (10 or 100 Mbps) and duplex mode (half- or full-duplex) to
optimize connectivity and allow companies to migrate to Fast Ethernet one port at
a time
• Support full-duplex mode to double throughput of point-to-point connections by
enabling individual ports to transmit and receive data concurrently.
• Support IEEE 802.3x-compliant flow control to prevent dropped packets due to net
work back-ups and bottlenecks
• Comply with the IEEE802.3 Ethernet, IEEE802.3u Fast Ethernet standards, and
IEEE802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet
• Provide LED indicators to show current switch status and simplify troubleshooting
• Rack Mount Kit provided for installing the switch in a standard 19-inch equipment
rack or for mounting on the wall
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