Linksys SLM2005 - Manual (Page 5)

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Introduction
5-Port and 8-Port 10/100/1000 Ggabt Smart Swtches wth PD and AC Power
Chapter 1
Chapter 1:
Introducton
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.