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Chapter 1
Introduction
Farallon’s Fast Starlet
®
Gig Switch/4SX is designed to give you the
ultimate in per formance, flexibility, ease-of-use and reliability. The
switch can increase network per formance by bringing the power of
Gigabit Ethernet to your network.
Gigabit Ethernet provides a cost effective solution to bandwidth
problems, eliminating bottlenecks in ser ver connections and
maximizing network connectivity. The Fast Starlet Gig Switch acts as a
high-speed selective bridge, automatically for warding traffic from one
segment to another without inter fering with unused segments,
increasing the total capacity of your existing network.
In addition to offering higher per formance, Gigabit Ethernet simplifies
network administration and provides increased bandwidth while still
using standard Ethernet protocols.
The Fast Starlet Gig Switch/4SX offers four 1000Base-SX fiber optic
SC por ts for connecting to other Gigabit network devices or switches.
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