Linksys EZXS55W EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Workgroup Switch

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• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 2 inches ; 14.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003006E
• Item model number: EZXS55W
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 19, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Switch provides an easy and flexible way to boost your network's performance while migrating to the power of Fast Ethernet. It is designed to meet the needs of small businesses, medium-size businesses, and small-office/home-office networks, and it allows you to run high-end video, multimedia, and other speed-intensive applications at blistering speeds.

With support for half- and full-duplex speeds, the switches allow your network to run at 10 Mbps, 20 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and an incredible 200 Mbps, which provides a cost-effective solution if you ever decide to upgrade your Ethernet network. The EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Switch eliminates data bottlenecks and bandwidth constraints, optimizing network performance while protecting your investment in your existing infrastructure. By migrating your entire network to 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet with the EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Switch, you will have the power to double your network's performance with dedicated, full-duplex bandwidth on every port.

Product Description

Surge your network with surefire data transfers in full duplex mode with the EtherFast 10/100 Autosensing Switches. Delivering a fast and easy cost-effective boost to your network performance, these EtherFast Switches seamlessly migrate your network to the unprecedented speed and power of Fast Ethernet. Each of its independently switched 10/100 ports yields up to a remarkable 200 Mbps bandwidth in full duplex mode, and protect your PCs from downed network segments through auto-partitioning. Compatible with virtually any major network operating system, the 10/100 Autosensing Switches are ideal for LANs of any size when you want to resolve a critical performance issue in a local workgroup. Bring your network to life by channeling high-end multimedia, gaming, Internet access, and other speed-intensive applications to your most demanding workstations at blazing speeds.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

227 of 231 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Little Switch - Does What it's Designed For!, June 17, 2004

By	William L. Makiling (Ventura, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This switch does exactly what it's designed for, sharing an Ethernet connnection. Don't expect to be able to configure VLANs, multilayer switching, VLAN trunks, load balancing, etc. This does not have any routing, NAT, or firewall capabilities. You would use this switch when you already have a router between your internal network and the Internet, and you need additional Ethernet ports. This gives you a full duplex Ethernet connection at wired speed, and it delivers! Perfect for the home office/LAN or for technicians needing extra Etherenet ports for their workbench, as this is what I use mine for. Thanks for reading! Hope this helps!

76 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money!, June 27, 2000

By A Customer

Thinking of setting up a network? Wish yours would run faster? If so, this is the product for you. Installation is simple. If you can plug a network card into your pci slot you can have your network up and running in minutes. (If you dont know how to plug in a network card, it will take about 5 extra minutes) Anyway, Don't buy a hub. A switch is full duplex meaning it can send and recieve data at the same time. Also with a hub, all ports share the bandwith. ie a 5 port 100m hub w/ all five ports being used = 20m per port. while a switch runs 100m per port, reguardless of how many ports are being used.. And in full duplex mode 200m per port. Also if your looking for computer y on a hub, it must check each port until computer y is found. This switch will know that computer y is on port 4, so you will go right to it, and save time. all n all a great product, as are all linksys products...

46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best bang for the buck, November 12, 2000

By	"arrow275" (Albany, NY United States) - See all my reviews

First off, in case anyone out there doesn't know, there are a few advantages to purchasing a switch rather than a hub. The main advantage, for most users anyway, is that a switch provides optimal bandwidth to all ports, whereas a hub splits available bandwidth between all active users. This means that if you are sharing a cable modem for example with others in a house/office building, connection speed will not be reduced when multiple users connected to the switch are online.

Now, as for this little baby, as soon as I saw the price I grabbed it instantly. The Linksys name had been mentioned to me favorably before, and the going price was within a few dollars of most 5-port hubs. I have been using it for 5 months now to share the cable modem in my apartment, and I can honestly say I have never had a single difficulty. Setup was quick and easy, I was online in less than 5 minutes. The whole device is smaller than most alarm clocks, so storage is hardly an issue. Overall, this is a best buy hands down, anyone out there who needs inexpensive networking equipment, this is the way to go.