Netgear GS504 GS504 Installation Guide - Page 2

Start Here The NETGEAR™ Model GS504 4-Port Gigabit Switch provides you with a lowcost, high-performance network solution and is designed to anchor and interconnect 10/100 megabits per second (Mbps) workgroups using gigabit fiber links. Features The Model GS504 switch has the following key features: • Four full-duplex gigabit fiber ports with standard SC connectors The ports support multimode optical fiber (SX) up to 525 meters (m) with 50 µm. With 62.5 µm fiber cable, the maximum distance is 260 m. • Automatic address learning function to build the packetforwarding information table The table contains up to 8,000 MAC addresses (that is, the switch can support networks with as many as 8,000 devices). • Full-duplex mode to double 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 full-duplex mode if the connected device does not support Nway negotiation. Most gigabit fiber links run in full-duplex mode. • Wire-speed filtering and forwarding of the traffic with no delay • Store-and-forward intelligent processing to minimize erroneous packets on the network • Easy plug-and-play installation with no software to configure, which saves time and minimizes the potential for configuration errors Model GS504 4-Port Gigabit Switch Installation Guide