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FEATURES • Ideal for small or mid-sized office networks. • Port mirroring isolates network errors while maintaining steady data flow. • VLAN partitioning ensures optimum network security and performance. • Choose from three fiber uplink modules to add distance to your network. •...
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#26518 OVERVIEW Link up to 8, 16, or 24 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet devices to a twisted-pair network with BLACK BOX Back Office Switches. The switches are perfect for small and mid-sized networks. To cascade multiple switches, both models support up to eight trunking groups.
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LGB2002A 1/4/2008 724-746-5500 #26518 Technically Speaking Ethernet hubs vs. Ethernet switches. Although hubs and switches look very similar and are connected to the network in much the same way, there is a significant difference in the way they function. What is a hub? An Ethernet hub is the basic building block of a twisted- pair (10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX) Ethernet network.
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LGB2003A: front view 1/4/2008 724-746-5500 #26518 Technically Speaking Gigabit Ethernet. As workstations and servers migrated from ordinary 10-Mbps Ethernet to 100-Mbps speeds, it became clear that even greater speeds were needed. Gigabit Ethernet was developed for an even faster Ethernet standard to handle the network traffic generated on the server and backbone level by Fast Ethernet.
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