Hawking PN824ES Specifications

PN824ES
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• Full Wire 10/100 Mbps Speed
• 19" Rack Mount
• 1 Uplink Port for expansion
• Quick and Easy Installation
• PC and Mac Compatible
• Free Technical Support
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This 19" Rack Mount Switch from Hawking is the ideal
Switch solution for the Workgroup user who needs high
performance and seamless migration between 10BaseT
and 100BaseTX network speeds.
The PN824ES provides 24 auto-sensing RJ-45 10Base-
T/100Base-TX ports to increase the performance of your
network by bringing full Ethernet bandwidth to individual
workgroups or straight to your desktop, which will
eliminate the need to share the bandwidth of a single
network. It is also capable of connecting 10M, 100Mbps,
half and full duplex simultaneously. The PN824ES
provides a full wire-rate 10/100Mbps Switch port for
greater network performance. In addition, one "Uplink"
port is provided for easy connection to other Switches or
Hubs for network expansion.

Switching Technology

Switching is a cost-effective way of increasing the total
network capacity available to users on a local area
network. A switch increases capacity and decreases
network loading by dividing a local area network into
different segments, which don't compete with each other
for network transmission capacity.
The switch acts as a high-speed selective bridge between
the individual segments. The switch, without interfering
with any other segments, automatically forwards traffic
that needs to go from one segment to another. By doing
this the total network capacity is multiplied, while still
maintaining the same network cabling and adapter cards.
For Fast Ethernet networks, a switch is an effective way of
eliminating problems of chaining hubs beyond the "two-
repeater limit." A switch can be used to split parts of the
network into different collision domains, making it possible
to expand your Fast Ethernet network beyond the 205-
meter network diameter limit for 100BASE-TX networks.
Switches supporting both traditional 10Mbps Ethernet and
100Mbps Fast Ethernet are also ideal for bridging
between existing 10Mbps networks and new 100Mbps
networks.