Allied Telesis GS900/5E manual Product Description, Chapter

Chapter 1

Product Description

The AT-GS900/16 and AT-GS900/24 switches are unmanaged, Layer 2 Fanless Gigabit Ethernet switches designed to simplify the task of creating or expanding an Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet network.

This chapter contains the follows sections:

ˆ“Features” on page 13

ˆ“Components” on page 14

ˆ“Hardware Feature Description” on page 15

ˆ“Ethernet Switching Basics” on page 18

ˆ“Network Topologies” on page 20

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