packets at the MAC address level of the Ethernet protocol transmitting among connected Ethernet or Fast Ethernet LAN segments.
Switching is a cost-effective way of increasing the total network capacity available to users on a local area network. A switch increases capacity and decreases network loading by dividing a local area network into different segments, which won’t compete with each other for network transmission capacity.
The switch acts as a high-speed selective bridge between the individual segments. The switch, without interfering with any other segments, automatically forwards traffic that needs to go from one segment to another. By doing this the total network capacity is multiplied, while still maintaining the same network cabling and adapter cards.
Features
♦Address Table: Supports up to 8K MAC address per device
♦Supports a packet buffer of up to 128K Bytes
♦IGMP Snooping support
♦IEEE802.1D Spanning Tree
♦Support static Port Trunk
♦Port Mirroring support
♦IEEE802.1Q VLAN
♦IEEE802.1p Priority Queues
♦IEEE802.1X Port-based Access Control
♦Supports Broadcast Storm Control
