Alfa Network AMS226 manual

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    AMS226 24-Port Managed Fast Ethernet Switch with 2GBIC Gigabit Dual Media Port s AMS226 is a Managed Fast Ethernet switch that support s SNMP , Web UI and CLI management interface and with 24 10 /100Base-TX (RJ-45 connectors) and 2 Gigabit dual media (RJ-45/GBIC) ports. It is a st andard switch that meet s all IEEE 802.3/u/x/z Gigabit, Fast Etherne[...]

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    ․ Q-in-Q VLAN for perform ance & s e curity The VLAN feature in the switch offers the benef it s of both security and performance. VLAN is used to isolate traf fic between different users and thus provides better security . Limiting the broadcast traffic to within the same VLAN broadcast domain also enhances performance. Q-in-Q, the use of do[...]

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    ․ Broadcast/Multicast/unkno w n-unicast Storm Control T o Limit too many broadcast/multicast/unknown-unica st flooding in the network, broadcast/multicast storm control is used to re stri ct excess traf fic. Threshold values a re available to control the rate limit for each port. Packet s are discarded if the count exceeds the configured upper th[...]

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    - In tag-base VLAN, supports egress/ingress packet filter - Q-in-Q is an ef ficient method for enabling Subscriber Aggregation VSM(Virtual S tacking Ma nagemen t) - Up to 16 switches can be managed via Single IP - Virtual st acking, no extra stacking ha rdware is required - Distributed st acking, no physical ventral wiring closet is need ed Qos - P[...]

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    GVRP/GARP - 802.1q with GVRP/GARP Multicasting - Support s IGMP snooping including active and p assive mode STP/RSTP - 802.1d/1w/1s STP ․ Network Security - 802.1x access control - lsolated roup - restricted group - Management Access Policy Control - S tatic mac, to limit which mac ad dresses can pass through or not - Mac addresses learning limit[...]

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    Specification ․ LED Description LED Color Function Global POWER Green - Lit when +5V power is coming up Global CPUACT Green - Lit when CPU is active Port 1-24 LINK/ACT Green - Lit Green when connection with remot e device is good - Blinks when any traf fic is present Port 1-24 100/10 Mbps Green/Amber - Lit Green when TP link on 100Mbps speed - Li[...]