Features - NETGEAR FS518 Installation Manual

Installation Guide for the Model FS518 Fast Ethernet Switch

Features

The Model FS518 switch has the following key features:
• 16 autonegotiating (speed and duplex mode) 10/100 Mbps UTP ports to provide fast
information exchange, resource sharing, and client or peer-to-peer communication using
simple Category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable
• 16 vista RJ-45 network ports with built-in LEDs to monitor individual port status
• Two autonegotiating (duplex mode and flow control) Gigabit fiber ports with standard SC
connectors
The ports support multimode optical fiber (SX) up to 525 meters (m) with 50 µm fiber cable.
With 62.5 µm fiber cable, the maximum distance is 260 m.
Two 62.5/125 µm fiber cables included for connecting the Gigabit ports to servers or the
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network backbone
• Autonegotiation supported by all 10/100 Mbps and Gigabit ports
• Automatic address-learning function to build the packet-forwarding information table
The table contains up to 8,000 MAC addresses (that is, the switch can support networks with
as many as 8,000 devices).
• Wire-speed filtering and forwarding to direct traffic to the appropriate route without slowing
down the traffic
• Store-and-forward forwarding mode to minimize erroneous packets on the network
• Aging function to automatically track changes in network configuration
Minimum latency of packet transmission (leading edge to leading edge) less than 80 µs
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• Easy plug-and-play installation with no software to configure, which saves time and
minimizes the potential for configuration errors
• Protocol independence and compatibility with all common protocols such as TCP/IP,
NetWare, DECnet, and Microsoft Networks
• Normal/Uplink push button to simplify network extension to 10/100 segments
• Connection to a hub using a simple, straight-through cable
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