Netgear FS524NA Installation Guide - Page 2

Start Here The NETGEAR™ Model FS516 16-Port Fast Ethernet Switch and Model FS524 24-Port Fast Ethernet Switch provide you with a low-cost, high-performance network solution and are designed to support power workgroups operating at either 10 megabits per second (Mbps) or 100 Mbps. Ethernet switches provide private, dedicated, 10 Mbps (or 100 Mbps) capacity to each connected PC/server or hub/workgroup segment, which is significantly higher than in a shared environment. The higher bandwidth enables the use of applications such as multimedia, imaging, video, or high-performance clientserver functions among users who are spread out over the network. With both the Model FS516 switch and the Model FS524 switch, improvement is accomplished very easily, with no change to the desktop (the network interface cards or software and the network wiring). As a result, the performance upgrade and the applications it enables are obtained very quickly and at a low cost. Features The Model FS516 and Model FS524 switches have the following key features: • Sixteen (Model FS516) or twenty-four (Model FS524) automatic speedsensing (autosensing) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports to provide fast information exchange, resource sharing, and client or peer-to-peer communication using simple Category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable • Automatic address learning function to build the packetforwarding information table The table contains up to 4,000 MAC addresses for the Model FS516 and up to 8,000 MAC addresses for the Model FS524 (that is, the switch can support networks with as many as 8,000 devices). • Switch-selectable autonegotiating or full-duplex mode of operation Full-duplex mode doubles throughput of point-to-point connections by letting individual ports transmit and receive concurrently when the other end also supports full-duplex mode. The default is half-duplex if the connected device does not support N-way negotiation. The duplex toggle switch can be set to full-duplex if the connected port is operating at fullduplex mode. • Wire-speed filtering and forwarding to provide "traffic cop" function by directing traffic to the appropriate route without slowing down the traffic Store-and-forward forwarding node to minimize erroneous packets on the network • Half-duplex backpressure • Easy Plug-and-Play installation with no software to configure, which saves time and minimizes the potential for configuration errors Model FS516/FS524 Fast Ethernet Switch Installation Guide