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Chapter 1 Introduction of the Product
Thank you for choosing the TL-SG1005D/TL-SG1008D 5/8-port
Gigabit Desktop Switch.
1.1 Overview of the Product
Powered by the Gigabit Ethernet Technology, TL-SG1005D/
TL-SG1008D Gigabit Desktop Switch provides the seamless
network connection, which can speed up your old network to
1000Mbps, ensuring the graphics, CGI, CAD, or multimedia
files and other applications with bandwidth-intensive files
transferred across the network almost instantly.
The non-blocking switching architecture adopted in the TL-
SG1005D/TL-SG1008D switch greatly improves network
response times as well as significantly speed up the traffic
between subnets by forwarding and filtering packets at full wire-
speed for maximum throughput.
The TL-SG1005D/TL-SG1008D switch is plug-and-play. In
addition, the Auto-MDI/MDIX cable detection on all ports
eliminates the demand of crossover cable or Uplink port. Each
port can be used as general ports or Uplink ports, and any port
can be simply plugged into a server, a hub, a router, a switch or
a PC, using the straight cable or crossover cable. Diagnostic
LEDs which display link status and activity, allowing you to
quickly detect and correct problems on the network.
The TL-SG1005D/TL-SG1008D switch adopts Green Ethernet
technology, supports power saving features. The switch
automatically powers down the ports that have no link or are
connected to the computers which have been shut down,
budgets power output for different Ethernet cable lengths.