Chapter 1
Product Overview
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Gigabit 5-Port Workgroup Switch
Chapter 1:
Product Overview
The Gigabit 5-Port Workgroup Switch provides non-
blocking, wire speed switching for your 10, 100, and 1000
megabit network clients. Drop this switch in place of your
current workgroup hub or switch, and you can upgrade
your high-requirement workstations to full Gigabit speeds
as necessary, while continuing to service other clients at
their current speeds. Or build your network from the
ground up, with appropriate link speeds for each user’s
requirements.
Apply this switching power to your current hub-based
Ethernet network, and your data traffic efficiency will
improve several times over. Connect your Gigabit-
equipped workstations to the Switch’s 10/100/1000 ports
for full-duplex, dedicated bandwidth of up to 2000Mbps!
It’s perfect for graphics, multimedia, and other applications
that have to move large files across the network quickly.
With the Gigabit 5-Port Workgroup Switch, you can connect
your existing 10/100 Ethernet network to your Gigabit
server backbone without any additional equipment. All
ports are auto-negotiating, and have automatic MDI/
MDI-X crossover detection, so you don’t have to worry
about the cable type. Address learning and aging is
supported, as well as 802.3x flow control with head-of-line
blocking prevention to keep your high-speed clients from
bogging down in lower-speed traffic.
The Gigabit 5-Port Workgroup Switch from Linksys is the
perfect solution for your desktop Gigabit and 10/100
networking needs.
Front Panel
Power (Green) The Power LED lights up and
will stay on while the Switch is powered on.
Ethernet (Green) The Ethernet LED lights up
when the Adapter is connected to a device
through the Ethernet port. If the LED is flashing,
the Switch is sending or receiving data over
that port.
Back Panel
Ethernet These LAN (Local Area Network)
ports connect network devices, such as PCs,
print servers, and network attached storage
at 10/100/1000Mbps. Or, they can be used
to expand your network by connecting to a
1000Mbps hub or switch. When connecting to
a PC equipped with an Instant Gigabit Network
Adapter, just plug one end of a Category 5e
Ethernet network cable into the RJ-45 port on
the Adapter and the other end into one of the
ports on the Gigabit Switch.
Power The Power port is where you will
connect the power adapter.
