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GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual
1 Introduction
Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX2024/2048 Layer 2
managed switch! You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through
a friendly and powerful user interface.
This user manual tells how to set up the GigaX2024/2048 switch, and how to
customize its configuration to get the most out of this product.
1.1 GigaX2024/2048 features
• (GigaX 2048) 48 x 10/100BASE-TX auto-sensing Fast Ethernet ports
• (GigaX 2024) 24 x 10/100BASE-TX auto-sensing Fast Ethernet ports
• Two 10/100/1000BASE-T auto-sensing Gigabit Ethernet switching ports
• Two small form factor (SFP) Gigabit interface converter (GBIC) slots
• Automatic MDI/MDIX supported on 10/100BASE-TX and 10/100/1000BASE-T
ports
• Compliant with 802.3u, 802.3z and 802.3ab specifications
• 802.1D transparent bridge/spanning tree protocol
• 802.1w RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
• 802.1X port-based network access control
• RADIUS remote authentication dial-in user service
• 8K MAC address cache with hardware-assisted aging
• 802.3x flow control
• 802.1Q-based tagged VLAN, up to 255 VLANs
• 802.1p class of service, 4 queues per port
• IGMP snooping support
• 802.3ad link aggregation (trunking), up to 6 trunk groups
• LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol)
• Port Mirroring
• Access Control List
• RMON: support 4 groups (1, 2, 3, 9)
• SNMP v1, v2, v3
• MIB-II