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gbit switch [8 port, 5, i guess ok!]
: unmanaged [managed? if affordable] layer 2 gbit switch
: non-blocking, full duplex, packet forwarding @ wire speed
: full speed backplane [1000 x # of ports x 2 [full-duplex]
: handle magic packets
: flow control [esp. for full duplex]
: Auto-Negotiation [NWay], Auto Uplink [MDI/MDI-X]
: jumbo frames >= 9k
: forwarding rate >= 1.5e6 [full-duplex mode]
: atleast 2k mac address table
: able to add more ports [expand] easily by adding more switches later with a corssover cable,
[unless switches with stack/up-link ports have dramatically reduced in price,] and without
much latency. [i guess partitioning n bridging, to reduce/isolate traffic and latency, is out
of the question without going to the more expensive layer2/3 managed switches.]
: good reliability [longevity] and uptime
: these indicator leds would be gr8-
power, collision/rx/tx, duplex, link and speed indicators for each port
: VLAN [optiona], bandwidth control [optional]
dont worry bout the leds, vlan or bandwidth control, if theyre there its very good,
if not its okay as long as the other [not necessarily all] requirements are met.
btw. ive looked @ these 2 models ZyXEL GS-108 & NETGEAR GS108, if u have any
comments about them please let me know. thanx.
: unmanaged [managed? if affordable] layer 2 gbit switch
: non-blocking, full duplex, packet forwarding @ wire speed
: full speed backplane [1000 x # of ports x 2 [full-duplex]
: handle magic packets
: flow control [esp. for full duplex]
: Auto-Negotiation [NWay], Auto Uplink [MDI/MDI-X]
: jumbo frames >= 9k
: forwarding rate >= 1.5e6 [full-duplex mode]
: atleast 2k mac address table
: able to add more ports [expand] easily by adding more switches later with a corssover cable,
[unless switches with stack/up-link ports have dramatically reduced in price,] and without
much latency. [i guess partitioning n bridging, to reduce/isolate traffic and latency, is out
of the question without going to the more expensive layer2/3 managed switches.]
: good reliability [longevity] and uptime
: these indicator leds would be gr8-
power, collision/rx/tx, duplex, link and speed indicators for each port
: VLAN [optiona], bandwidth control [optional]
dont worry bout the leds, vlan or bandwidth control, if theyre there its very good,
if not its okay as long as the other [not necessarily all] requirements are met.
btw. ive looked @ these 2 models ZyXEL GS-108 & NETGEAR GS108, if u have any
comments about them please let me know. thanx.