Chapter 1:
Introduction
The 5-port and 8-port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Smart Switches with PD and AC Power allow you to upgrade your existing 10/100 network by replacing your current workgroup hub or switch. At the same time, you can configure advanced features for security, QoS, and Spanning Tree using its web-based utility.
The Linksys Gigabit Smart Switches not only allow you to upgrade to Gigabit speeds, but also allow you to expand your network securely. The Gigabit Smart Switches with PD have virtual LAN (VLAN) capabilities to restrict the flow of multicast and broadcast traffic. Stations within a given VLAN can freely communicate using either unicast or multicast addressing. Communication between different VLANs is not possible.
Extensive QoS features make the solution ideal for real‑time applications like Voice and Video. The 4 priority queues together with the Weighted Round Robin and Strict Priority scheduling techniques facilitate efficient coexistence of real-time traffic with data traffic allowing them each to meet their QoS needs. Individual users or applications can be prioritized above others using various Class of Service options - by port, layer 2 priority (802.1p), and layer 3 priority (TOS or DSCP). Intelligent broadcast and multicast storm controls minimize and contain the effects of these types of traffic on regular traffic. IGMP Snooping limits bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the requestors without flooding all users. Incoming traffic can be policed and outgoing traffic can be shaped allowing you to control network access and traffic flow.
There are features that allow you to expand and grow your network of switches. Link aggregation allows multiple high-bandwidth trunks between switches to be setup. This also provides a level of reliability in that the system continues to operate if one of the links breaks. Spanning Tree (STP) allow you to build a mesh of switches increasing the availability of the system.
5-Port and 8-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Smart Switches with PD and AC Power
