Introduction; Features - NETGEAR GS508T Installation Manual

8 port 10/100/1000 mbps copper gigabit switch

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

The NETGEAR Model GS508T 8-Port Copper Gigabit Switch provides you with a

low-cost, high-performance network solution and is designed to anchor and intercon-

nect 10/100/1000 megabits per second (Mbps) workgroups using copper Gigabit links.

The Model GS508T switch has the following key features:

• Eight full-duplex copper Gigabit ports with standard RJ-45 connectors

• 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).

• Full-duplex mode to double throughput of point-to-point connections by letting indi-

vidual ports transmit and receive concurrently when the other end also supports

full-duplex mode

• Wire-speed filtering and forwarding of the traffic with no delay

• Store-and-forward intelligent processing to minimize erroneous packets on the net-

work

• Easy Plug and Play installation with no software to configure, which saves time and

minimizes the potential for configuration errors

• Operation at speeds of 10, 100, or 1000Mbps on each port

• Flow control traffic management to ensure no packets are dropped if there are

back-ups or bottlenecks in the network

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