FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3 or better for 10 Mbps connections, Category 5 or better for 100 Mbps connections, and Category 5, 5e or 6 for 1000 Mbps connections

IEEE 802.3-2002 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and flow control compliance ensures compatibility with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches from any vendor

Provides stacking capability via high-speed USB ports with 2 Gbps stacking bandwidth. Up to 8 units can be stacked together

Expandability

Supports 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, and 1000BASE-LH SFP transceivers

Performance

Transparent bridging

Aggregate duplex bandwidth of up to 8.8 Gbps

Switching table with a total of 8K MAC address entries

Store-and-Forward switching

Wire-speed filtering and forwarding

Supports flow control, using back pressure for half duplex and IEEE 802.3x for full duplex

Head-of-Line blocking

Broadcast storm control

Stacking capability for up to eight units

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