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1. Introduction
Welcome to the World of Network Switching. In the modern business society,
communication and information sharing are fundamental to our life. And computer
networks have proven to be one of the fastest ways of communication.
TEG-S2620is is a multi-port Switch that can be used to build high-performance
switched workgroup networks. This switch is a store-and-forward device that
offers low latency for high-speed networking. The Switch is targeted at workgroup,
department or backbone computing environment.
Figure 1-1. TEG-S2620is
TEG-S2620is features a “store-and-forward “switching scheme. This allows the
switch to auto-learn and store source address in an 8K-entry MAC address table.
MDI
(Medium Dependent Interface) Port is also called an "uplink port". The MDI
port does not cross the transmit and receive lines, which is done by the regular
ports (MDI-X ports) that connect to end stations. In general,
MDI
means
connecting to another Hub or Switch while
MDIX
means connecting to a
workstation or PC. Therefore,
Auto MDI/MDIX
means that you can connect to
another Switch or workstation without changing non-crossover or crossover
cabling.
TEG-S2620is has 24 auto-sensing 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 ports and 2 auto detect
Gigabit ports for higher connection speed.
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