I did a little ebaying today and purchased myself a new switch for the home network. I decided it was time to upgrade to a managed layer 2 switch. I will now be able to setup my monitoring gear properly and can retire the inline hub/tap. So what did I get? I picked up an Allied Telesyn AT8000S/16 for $68 with free shipping. woot.

Specs can be nit-picked over below …

Type: Ethernet Switch
OSI Layer: Layer 2
Managed Device: Managed
Stackable: Switch Stackable

Interfaces
Ports: 16 x 10Base-T/100Base-TX (RJ-45)
Uplink: 1 x SFP/1000Base-T Combo
Console Port: Type Serial (9-pin)

Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity: 2.6 Gbps
Layer 2 Forwarding Rate: 1.49 Mpps
MAC Address Entries: 8000
VLANs: 256
Huntgroups / Link Aggregations: 8

Standards and Protocols
LAN Standards IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree Bridge • IEEE 802.1p LAN Layer 2 QoS/CoS Protocol for Traffic Prioritization • IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LANs (VLAN) • IEEE 802.3ad Link aggregation • Port Mirroring • IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) • IEEE 802.3x Flow Control • IEEE 802.1x Port Access Control for WLANs • IEEE 802.1s

Switching / Forwarding Method: Store-and-forward

Remote Management Protocol:
SNMP • HTTP • Telnet • RMON 2 • RMON 1 • SNMP 1 • SNMP 3 • RMON 3 • RMON 9 • SNMP 2c • TFTP • SSH • SSL

Protocols:
BOOTP • DiffServ • IGMP • IP • RADIUS • SNTP • SSH • HTTP • DHCP • TFTP • SSHv2

Other Features:
LED Indicators Link / Status • Activity

Dimensions
Rack Mounting Height: 1U
Width: 12.99 in.
Depth: 9.07 in.
Height: 1.73 in.
Weight: 4.29 lb.

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