D-Link DES-815 User Manual - Verview

10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

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Introduction

The DES-815 Fast Ethernet Switch is ideal for network managers

who want to boost workgroup performance easily by micro-

segmenting a 10Mbps LAN while adding 100Mbps links, or it is

excellently suited to provide a dedicated Fast Ethernet connection

to a key network server or station in an existing 10Mbps network.

The switch integrates 100Mbps Fast Ethernet with 10Mbps

Ethernet networks seamlessly. The speed migration design will

bridge high bandwidth Fast Ethernet network segments to

traditional 10Mbps Ethernet network segments quickly and

simply.

The DES-815 complies with IEEE802.3u, 100BASE-TX,

IEEE802.3 and 10BASE-T standards.   It has 12 10Mbps twisted-

pair ports, two 10/100Mbps twisted-pair ports, and one MII port.

The DES-815 provides both store-and-forward and cut-through

passing schemes, automatically selected to provide the best

network performance.  Filtering and forwarding rates for the

switch run at wire-speed, reducing latency within and across

segments.