3Com 3800 Switch User Manual


 
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SWITCH 3800 OVERVIEW
This chapter describes the following:
Switch 3800 features
How to use the Switch 3800 in your network configuration
Switch 3800 front view
Switch 3800 rear view
Factory default settings
About the
Switch 3800
Network managers are currently faced with the challenge of creating
networks that can provide high-speed and high performance to serve
the needs of today’s network users.
Part of the 3Com SuperStack
®
II range of products, the Switch 3800
provides switching and IP Routing between multiple
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports and one Gigabit Ethernet port.
Summary of
Features
The Switch 3800 has the following features:
24 autosensing 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports, one Gigabit Ethernet
port, and one redundant Gigabit Ethernet port
Support for 12,000 addresses in the Switch forwarding database
Fully nonblocking operation
All ports transmit and receive packets at wire speed
Full-duplex operation
2Mb packet memory
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