A thorough introduction to convenient installation of Gigabit Ethernet Switches

A comprehensive and thorough introduction to the convenient installation of Gigabit Ethernet switches, A friend recommended me to install several Gigabit Ethernet switches, do not know which Gigabit Ethernet switch is more suitable for me, I hope the majority of users will give me some suggestions, preferably those who have experienced Gigabit Ethernet switches. Thank you.

Easy installation

We test the Gigabit Ethernet switch, compared to their powerful forwarding capabilities, their volume is much smaller, especially the digital D-Link DGS-3308TG switch, the performance is very outstanding, it is also a layer-3 switch. Whether physically or mentally, installing a Gigabit Ethernet switch is not an effort-consuming task.

We test the Gigabit Ethernet switch, DGS-3308TG, EDIMAXES-5800R and 3Com4900 switch have 1000Base-T interface. These 1000Base-T interfaces support 10/100/Mbit/s adaptive speed.

It also supports automatic line sequence recognition, eliminating the need for network engineers to use that line when connecting to a Gigabit Ethernet switch, server, or router. For some enterprises, the 1000Base-T interface can effectively protect their original investment in wiring.

The Gigabit Ethernet switch we tested is basically fixed and modular. The DGS-3308TG Gigabit Ethernet switch has two GBIC interfaces. the GBIC module can adapt to single-mode and multi-mode optical fiber. The 3Com4900 Gigabit Ethernet switch has an expansion slot on the rear panel.

The 1000Base-T/SX/LX module can be inserted into a 16-port Gigabit Ethernet switch. The Thinker3800 switch is composed of a Gigabit Optical Fiber Module inserted into the four sockets of the Gigabit Ethernet switch. It should be said that it is more flexible in configuration.

Most of the GE Ethernet switches we receive have only one AC power supply, while the Accton ES4508 provides a DC power interface, while 3Com4900 and the DGS-3308TG also provide a redundant power supply design. The netmanager Gigabit Ethernet switch has a factory reset option.

Thinker3800, DGS-3308TG, AcctonES4508 Gigabit Ethernet switches support TFTP protocol to upload the existing configuration files of the Gigabit Ethernet switch to the TFTP server, or download the previous configuration files of the Gigabit Ethernet switch from the TFTP server.

If errors occur in the configuration, these two items are useful to engineers. In the 3Com4900 Gigabit Ethernet switch, every time you change the settings, 3Com 4900 automatically saves the settings, which is faster than other manufacturers' dedicated settings to ROM or RAM.

These Gigabit Ethernet switches that support network management can be upgraded by using protocols such as TFTP or Xmodem through serial ports. The 3Com4900 switch was originally a layer-2 switch. With the help of engineers from 3Com, we upgraded the software and changed 3Com4900 to a layer-3 switch ~ A layer-4 switch. You can download the software for free on the website of 3Com.

These Gigabit Ethernet switches can manually configure the IP address of the switch through the serial port, or assign IP addresses to the network management part of the switch through DHCP and BOOTP. Once the network management proxy of the vswitch obtains the IP address, you can easily configure the vswitch using Telnet and HTTP. Through the configuration of SNMP on the switch, the network administrator can also use the network management software that supports the SNMP protocol to configure the switch.

Instruction book-textbook?

Several Gigabit Ethernet switches are provided for test. Here we first introduced the instructions of Digital China D-Link, which is very detailed. The previous section describes the basic knowledge of layer-2 switching and layer-3 routing, and then describes the functions of GE Ethernet switches in detail.

In addition, the specification of the Gigabit Ethernet switch is Chinese, which is also easy for domestic engineers to read. 3Com4900 Provides CD and printed instruction documents, which are also very detailed. In addition, the website of 3Com can also download all relevant documents of the Gigabit Ethernet switch. The Thinker3800 switch of the creative company we got provides a CD with a Chinese instruction in detail.