Chapter 3 Applications; Desktop Switching - NETGEAR GS728TS Hardware Installation Manual

Applications
3.
Your GS728TS, GS728TPS, GS752TS, and GS752TPS Smart Switch is designed to provide
flexibility in configuring your network connections. It can be used as your only network
traffic-distribution device or with 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps hubs and switches.

Desktop Switching

The Smart Switch can be used as a desktop switch to build a small network that enables users to
have 1000 Mbps access to a file server. With full-duplex enabled, the switch port connected to
the server or PC can provide 2000 Mbps throughput.
Figure 10. Desktop Switching
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Power 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25
Green=Link at 1G
Fan
Yellow=Link at 10/
Stack 100M
Master
ID
Reset Factory
Defaults
GS752TXS
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27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49F 51F
SFP
+
Green=10G Link Yellow=1G
Blink=ACT
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