AirLive Ether-GSH8TW v2 - Manual (Page 5)

AirLive Ether-GSHTW v2 / 8TW+v2 User’s Manual
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Ether-GSH8TW v2/GSH8TW+ v2 is high speed switch that provides up to 8 10/100/1000Mbps copper
Ethernet ports (2 x MiniGBIC for Ether-8TW+ v2). Besides, it provides many advanced functions for nowadays
variety of network application but at lower costs. Users doesn’t have to learn many sophisticated management
functions which are usually shown in SNMP switch but just to learn some simple or common control or setting
function through either out-of-band RS232 port or Ethernet port. However, some new, advanced and important
functions such as Tag-VLAN, Trunking, RSTP and IGMP are also supported same as SNMP switch. This
means, users doesn’t have to pay high costs as traditional layer 2 SNMP switch while one still can get
advanced or common function to meet the requirements of an advanced network application. This makes it
very suitable for small or medium size company to build up simple network at beginning phase with lower cost.
An optional long-ear accessory also makes it possible to operate in the rack mount environment.
Non-blocking and maximum wire speed performance is designed on all switched ports. It not only supports
auto-negotiation but also AUTO-MDIX function on all switched 8 10/100/1000M RJ-45 Gigabit copper ports no
matter running with half or full duplex mode. These functions make users easy to use and reduce the matching
effort between straight and cross-over line issues.
8G web smart switch supports both port-based and 802.1Q (tag-based) VLAN to catch-up the application
needed for coming VLAN age. To increase bandwidth application, it supports up to 4 trunk groups with
maximum 8 ports on one trunk, moreover, these trunk ports are with fair-over function to provide redundant
back-up when one or some of trunk ports malfunction. Moreover, to reduce convergent time of STP protocol,
Rapid STP (RSTP) is supported. To support multicast application IGMP is also supported.
Full LED status display eases user’s installation and inspection, a reset button is also provided to allow users
to easily go back to default setting.