Linksys EF2S24 EtherFast II 10/100 24-Port Switch

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• Item Weight: 6.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004XRDA
• Item model number: EF2S24
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 15, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The EtherFast II 10/100 switches boost your network performance with much more than just 200 Mbps of full-duplex data transfer and dedicated bandwidth. Its nonblocking maximum wire speed ensures optimal internal processing, data flow control filters out faulty packets, and address earning and aging prevent data-transfer errors. Also, your growing network can be linked to switches up to 2,000 meters away (6,560 feet) in full-duplex mode by simply plugging a fiber module into the switch's expansion port.

Product Description

With its advanced switching technology, the new EtherFast II 10/100 Switches boost your network performance with much more than just full duplex data transfer and dedicated bandwidth. Its non-blocking, maximum wire speed ensures optimal internal processing, while data flow control filters out faulty packets and address learning and aging prevents data transfer errors. Plus your growing network can link to switches up to 2000 meters (6560 feet) away in full duplex mode, simply by plugging a fiber module into your Switch's expansion port!No matter how intensive your network demands, the EtherFast II Switches' advanced chipset supports your needs with an affordable and efficient networking solution you can count on. Rack mountable and equipped with uplink and fiber module ports, the EtherFast II Switch will enhance and expand your network productivity in countless ways.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A solid hub for SOHO use, February 6, 2002

By	"rreuling" (Bear, DE USA) - See all my reviews

I recently upgraded to this hub to service my home after being at 10mbps for quite some time. The Linksys hub is a good value for the money.

Compared to the Netgear 24port hub, the Linksys switch fabric is rated at 2.7gbps. The Netgear is only rated at 1.2gbps. What this means is that the Linksys will be better equipped to handle all the devices talking at once at full speed, whereas the Netgear hub would be congested with roughly half of its devices communicating at any one time.

The preamble regeneration provided by the Linksys is an important feature if you still have 10mbps devices at it decreases synch up time.

You'll certainly notice a difference going to 100mbps from 10. A nice side benefit I realized was with the utilization of my cable modem. By having my cable modem router and my machines each on their own switch port, I gained almost a 25% increase in throughput!

The Linksys hub is easy to install and setup, and includes a fiber expansion port if down the road you have a need to connect two hubs together via fiber optic cable. This unit is unmanaged, and doesn't include such advanced options such as spanning tree, but overall for home or small office use the unit will perform very well and require little maintenance. It includes rack mounts and is slim enough to mount on a small shelf.