Chapter 1:
Product Overview
The Gigabit 5-Port Workgroup Switch provides non- blocking, wire speed switching for your 10, 100, and 1000 megabit network clients. Drop this switch in place of your current workgroup hub or switch, and you can upgrade your high-requirement workstations to full Gigabit speeds as necessary, while continuing to service other clients at their current speeds. Or build your network from the ground up, with appropriate link speeds for each user’s requirements.
Apply this switching power to your current hub-based Ethernet network, and your data traffic efficiency will improve several times over. Connect your Gigabit- equipped workstations to the Switch’s 10/100/1000 ports for full-duplex, dedicated bandwidth of up to 2000Mbps! It’s perfect for graphics, multimedia, and other applications that have to move large files across the network quickly.
With the Gigabit 5-PortWorkgroup Switch, you can connect your existing 10/100 Ethernet network to your Gigabit server backbone without any additional equipment. All ports are auto-negotiating, and have automatic MDI/ MDI-X crossover detection, so you don’t have to worry about the cable type. Address learning and aging is supported, as well as 802.3x flow control with head-of-line blocking prevention to keep your high-speed clients from bogging down in lower-speed traffic.
The Gigabit 5-Port Workgroup Switch from Linksys is the perfect solution for your desktop Gigabit and 10/100 networking needs.
Front Panel
Power (Green) The Power LED lights up and will stay on while the Switch is powered on.
Ethernet (Green) The Ethernet LED lights up when the Adapter is connected to a device through the Ethernet port. If the LED is flashing, the Switch is sending or receiving data over that port.
Back Panel
Ethernet These LAN (Local Area Network) ports connect network devices, such as PCs, print servers, and network attached storage at 10/100/1000Mbps. Or, they can be used to expand your network by connecting to a 1000Mbps hub or switch. When connecting to a PC equipped with an Instant Gigabit Network Adapter, just plug one end of a Category 5e Ethernet network cable into the RJ-45 port on the Adapter and the other end into one of the ports on the Gigabit Switch.
Power The Power port is where you will connect the power adapter.
