Manageable :
The Managed Switch is ideally positioned at the core of the network to form a multi-level network infrastructure with centralized access to high-speed servers.
Designed to provide a high level of performance and reliability, it provides important features such as advanced QoS policy, high-speed stacking, redundant power supply, MAC address table control by port or optimal security (authentication, or failure alert).
Smart Manageable :
The smart switch appears to be the right compromise between security, simple administration and reasonable cost.
It offers complete control to achieve a reliable and efficient network. Access to the smart switch's web server allows the most common functionalities such as VLAN creation, loop detection, link aggregation, flow control or priority management to be configured.
The smart switch also improves network performance thanks to fault analysis and search tools, to retrieve statistics or a packet counter in transmission and reception.
The smart switch Gigamédia and an ideal switch for video protection.
Unmanageable switch :
The unmanageable switch creates a network for a small group of people. It is a "Plug and Play" solution requiring no specific skills. This type of switch does not allow this network to be configured (e.g. traffic flow control, bandwidth control, Vlan creation, etc.). It will not be suitable for a larger group of people.
This product remains however the simplest and easiest solution to implement to connect between them computer, IP camera, Wi-Fi access points or other Ethernet devices.