- Fibre-Uplink Ports
- Management skills (SNMP)
- VLAN tagging
- Packet prioritization
- Jumbo Pack Ting
- Stronger Backplane
- Software
- "Green Power" capability
But compared to its competitors (in its class) little money here you get a switch that his promise to deliver on all 24 ports Gigabit Ethernet packets complies. The backplane is adequately dimensioned for normal loading in the SoHo area. Material for Rackmount is settled. The fan is louder, so that the switch in an office environment can not be freely set. A closed rack or a closed computer room is therefore mandatory. The fan could be dispensed with in a sufficiently large-sized rack / cabinet in principle, because the switch is not particularly warm (if not for the guarantee). Noise Sensitive can install quieter fans of course - there are indeed such.
The LEDs are not at the ports but in a separate field. This has advantages and disadvantages. The assignment is sometimes a little difficult, but so is the view of the LEDs is not obstructed by patch cables. A single LED is available per port, this shows color-Gigabit connection or a (Fast) Ethernet connection. "Troubleshooting" on the basis of the LEDs is therefore not called for.
What irritates me personally every time: The power LED is _rot_ what every time you look in the 19 "cabinets cost me nearly a second of my life :-) At the price ... buy!
