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consume large amounts of bandwidth to support Internet- and/or intranetbased customer offices are facing the growing challenge of providing users with sufficient bandwidth to perform day-to-day Gigabit Ethernet, as they become available. This White Paper explains stackable switching technology, - Netgear FS524S | Whitepaper - Page 2
-availability uplink port can create a fat-pipe connection between cascaded switches that boosts the backbone bandwidth, eliminating backbone bottlenecks and network-looping issues. A stackable solution should also free users from the yoke of having to choose between performance and price. Unlike - Netgear FS524S | Whitepaper - Page 3
IP traffic Dramatic rise in backbone traffic Architectural shifts Consolidating networks More and more applications are being installed applications such as distributed data bases, e-mail supporting multimedia attachments, CAD, audio and video users migrate to Ethernet, the number of people sharing - Netgear FS524S | Whitepaper - Page 4
or more means the small business risks losing the sale and the customer. This example illustrates how the users noticing the exchange. In this way, fault tolerance and redundancy ensure network integrity and avoid network segregation if a link goes down. The switch you select should also support - Netgear FS524S | Whitepaper - Page 5
its ports. Bandwidth problems are promptly resolved without wiring changes or any upgrading of individual desktop PCs. This ease of configuration is comparable to hubs, making stackable switches an appealing choice especially for companies with small LANs. With new switches designed specifically for
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Small Business Stackable Switch White Paper January 16, 2001
Today’s fast-paced global business arena, spurred by the Internet and
World Wide Web (WWW), has changed the ground rules for small offices,
requiring them to work faster, be more responsive to customers, and
outpace a worldwide range of competitors. At the same time, the Internet
and WWW have also provided new ways for small offices to not only
survive
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but thrive
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in these market conditions.
To take advantage of today’s unprecedented opportunities, small offices
are deploying larger networks, higher-performance personal computers
(PCs) and servers, and resource-hungry client/server applications that
consume large amounts of bandwidth to support Internet- and/or intranet-
based customer transactions or other business activities. At the same
time, small offices are facing the growing challenge of providing users
with sufficient bandwidth to perform day-to-day activities such as:
• Accessing e-mail, the Internet, and the company intranet
• Fetching image-enhanced documents
• Accessing graphics-intensive files
• Conducting unified voice/data messaging and Internet telephony
activities
Stackable switch technology offers a solution for improving network
performance, relieving bandwidth bottlenecks, while allowing small
offices to preserve their investment in their current network
infrastructure. Stackable switch technology also offers advantages in
performance and provides the framework for utilizing evolving
technologies, such as Gigabit Ethernet, as they become available.
This White Paper explains stackable switching technology, its origins,
and its advantages. This Paper also identifies the features to look for
in a stackable switch.