Equally important, they do so without requiring time-consuming trips to the wiring closet whenever end stations are upgraded to Fast Ethernet. This eliminates the need for an external switch to communicate between 10 Mbps users and 100 Mbps users. As demands grow, users can stack up to five hubs. The stack will function as a single managed unit, providing a scalable solution that enables networks to grow incrementally for a very affordable investment.
Users can easily add extensive network management capabilities as well.
Every port on a BayStack 250 Series Hub uses autosense technology to automatically detect and support the speed of a connected device. This allows network administrators to easily access such key information as device summary, configuration, fault management, statistics, applications, and support. Network managers can access data about their network and individual hubs via the local corporate intranet, or from any World Wide Web-connected PC, anywhere in the world. It's like having two managed hub stacks with a switch to segment traffic into two smaller collision domains for faster performance. Easy Stackability Users can stack up to five BayStack 250 Series Hubs, thus linking up to 120 unmanaged or managed ports in a single hub stack.