Netgear FS508

Netgear FS508 ... improved performance, enabling the most demanding multimedia and imaging applications. Since each port of the FS508 is auto-speed-sensing, individual subnets or directly attached servers/users can easily be upgraded from 10 to 100 Mbps.

Each port can automatically negotiate the network speed and duplex mode with the remote end, taking the burden of configuration off the user. At the higher speed running in full duplex mode, each port supports up to 200 Mbps of information throughput. The FS508 automatically switches the forwarding mode from cut-through (minimizes network delay) to fragment-free cut-through, to store-and-forward (minimizes bad packets) as network gets increasingly busy. In addition, the switch provides “backpressure” to reduce congestion in busy networks. The switch is protocol independent and is compatible with all popular networks such as the Internet or TCP/IP, NetWare, LANTASTIC, or Windows. It provides for 4000 MAC addresses, allowing the switch to support networks of many users.