Technical Details for 3Com Baseline Switch 2426-PWR Plus

3Com Baseline Switch 2426-PWR Plus ... It is ideal for small to medium businesses looking for a cost effective switching solution but require the control and features not available with unmanaged options. The Baseline Switch 2426 Plus has 24 PoE 10/100 ports and two dual-purpose Gigabit ports (copper or SFP-based fiber) to connect to high performance computers, servers, or core network backbones. PoE provides power for attached devices such as access points, IP phones and IP security cameras, that results in deployment cost savings.

This "smart" switch provides features that can help to build a converged network, with support for auto-voice VLAN, Power over Ethernet, IGMP snooping and query, and IEEE 802.1X for strengthening security. It also supports Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree, traffic prioritization, priority queuing and VLANs which ensure optimal use of available bandwidth.

This Baseline Plus switch is operational straight out-of-the-box. The web management interface provides an intuitive, menu driven process for users to quickly configure the switch during initial setup and manage during normal operation