Cisco division, Linksys, has a new line-up of Gigabit and Fast Ethernet switches for small businesses.
The eight new switches, part of Linksys WebView small business solutions switch family. The rackmount switches include remote browser management and traffic monitoring of its 48 10/100/1000 ports. Fibre expansion options are available via mini-GBIC ports.
“Starting at about US$9 a port, our new small business solution switches provide just what our resellers and business customers have been asking for: speed, affordability, configurability and ease of use,” said Richard Platt, vice president, Linksys small business systems business unit.
“We enhanced our gigabit switches with more features that optimise network performance while providing expandability options as network needs grow. Linksys is building out its small business line to offer a complete portfolio of solutions that will meet the needs of all types of small business demands.”
Automatic containment of Broadcast, Multicast and Unknown Unicast storms minimises the effects of such traffic on regular traffic.
The new WebView monitoring includes the following configuration options:
- Port Configuration for Speed, Duplex Mode
- Enable/Disable ports
- VLAN Configuration for up to 64, 128 or 256 VLAN’s
- Port Trunking
- QoS priority traffic settings
Pricing and Availability
All the WebView switches are immediately available through Ingram Micro, Multimedia Technology, Express Data and LAN Systems immediately except for the SRW2024P and SRW248P which are scheduled to ship later. The Estimated Street Pricing is as follows:
- 16-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView (SRW2016): $779.95
- 24-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView (SRW2024): $1009.95
- 48-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView (SRW2048): $1909.95
- 24-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView and PoE (SRW2024P): TBA
- 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView and PoE (SRW224P): $999.95
- 48-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView and PoE (SRW248P): TBA
- 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView (SRW224): $499.95
- 24-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView (SRW224G4): $539.95
- 48-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView (SRW248G4): $999.95