Do you need more control over your Ethernet network?  Do you even know exactly who is plugging into your Ethernet network?

The new Edimax 24 Port Gigabit switch is one of the best, and smartest that Edimax have ever released due to it giving you full control over who is allowed access your network. This is all accomplished by Layer2 communications, which means that this switch can understand what a computer or network device’s MAC address is, and how to use it effectively. This provides a secure network by recognizing various MAC  addresses, and comparing them to a pre-configured database to allow certain computers/devices to access the network, and completely deny others. 

Most switches are nothing more than passthrough devices, meaning that any communication coming into the switch, is just sent straight through to the rest of the network. With a smart/managed switch such as this one, the switch can actually determine what type of traffic is flowing through it. This opens up a range of options for you to implement on your network. First of all,QoS (Quality of Service), which allows you to assign priorities to different types of traffic in your network, say giving top priority to VoIP traffic, and  secondary priority to emails etc. Secondly, the switch can also limit what is known as ‘broadcast storms’ which is an overload of traffic that sometimes occurs within networks due to viruses and the like. This makes sure that the network stays running and remains stable.  

If you want optimum functionality, with rock-solid reliability, all with Gigabit speeds to match, then this  is the switch for you.