Compaq Netelligent Repeater and Switch Products
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connectivity, and attach the network wiring. Dual-speed repeaters save time and money, as they
eliminate the need to rewire the repeater connection every time you upgrade from 10 Mb/s to 100
Mb/s.
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UAL
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THERNET
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OSITIONING
Netelligent 10/100 switches are designed for department-level needs but provide enterprise-level
features. These switches protect your investment by letting you add product enhancements as you
need them. Netelligent 10/100 switches allocate a dedicated 10 Mb/s of bandwidth to each port
and a 100 Mb/s modular uplink to servers and network backbones.
There are two primary applications for network switches. The first application is to connect
multiple 10 Mb/s shared media repeaters into a network switch port, thereby segmenting each
repeater from the next. This isolates network traffic within a single collision domain. If traffic is
destined for another network, it passes through the switch at wire speed. The high-speed uplink
connection on the switch connects to the enterprise backbone. The second application is to
provide each workstation on the network a dedicated 10 Mb/s of bandwidth and switch the
workstation traffic to a high-speed uplink connected to a server. Netelligent switches are designed
with optimum flexibility for both applications. With support for over 8,000 MAC addresses,
multiple Ethernet media options, and modular high-speed uplink technology, Netelligent 10/100
switches are the most flexible solutions for integrating legacy and high-speed networks.
All four versions of Netelligent 10/100 switches support a common set of high-speed modules.
You can buy a 10/100 switch now to meet your current needs and use the same switch in the
future as new high-speed technologies are available. Each switch uses a shared memory design
which gives each switching function wire-speed access to a pool of shared memory. This
architecture reduces contention and helps ensure compatibility with newer technologies such as
virtual LAN support, and ATM cell-based technology. The software-based design allows Compaq
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