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    NetGear Switch Stands Out in Price

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    Anne Chen
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    August 23, 2004
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      In an interview last month, NetGear CEO Patrick Loh told eWEEK Labs that 2004 would be the year of Gigabit Ethernet.

      A few weeks later, NetGear has begun making good on that statement with the release of the GS724T Gigabit Smart Switch.

      Aimed at small and midsize businesses and remote offices, the GS724T is a Layer 2 switch with 24 10/100/1,000M-bps ports. The unit delivers nonblocking, full-speed packet forwarding with 48G bps of bandwidth.

      Each of the 24 nonblocking, full-speed, packet-forwarding ports is capable of generating 2,000M bps of data throughput in full-duplex mode.

      In addition, there are two optional Fibre Channel ports, making the rack-mountable unit a good choice for power users who need access to multimedia, images and video in a remote office environment.

      In my tests, the unit was easy to set up via a Web browser interface. Using the interface, I was able to monitor switch performance; configure ports; and set up trunks, virtual LANs and traffic prioritization.

      Like many of its competitors, the GS724T features two hot-swappable SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) GBIC slots for optional fiber connectivity, Web browser management and full-/half-duplex sensing. However, the GS724T stands out for its price: The unit retails at about $900, making it a good value for small businesses that anticipate growth.

      More information can be found at www.netgear.com.

      Check out eWEEK.coms Infrastructure Center at http://infrastructure.eweek.com for the latest news, views and analysis on servers, switches and networking protocols for the enterprise and small businesses.

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      As a senior writer for eWEEK Labs, Anne writes articles pertaining to IT professionals and the best practices for technology implementation. Anne covers the deployment issues and the business drivers related to technologies including databases, wireless, security and network operating systems. Anne joined eWeek in 1999 as a writer for eWeek's eBiz Strategies section before moving over to Labs in 2001. Prior to eWeek, she covered business and technology at the San Jose Mercury News and at the Contra Costa Times.

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