Planet Network

To fill the demand of Layer 2 (Data Link) and Layer 3 (Network) multi-layer applications from enterprises and campuses, PLANET releases the new generation Layer 3 24-Port 10/100Mbps plus 4G TP / SFP Combo Layer 3 Managed Ethernet Switch, WGS3-2840.

The PLANET WGS3-2840 equips with 24-Port 10/100Mbps with 4 Gigabit TP / SFP Combo interfaces plus the powerful Layer 2 management functions / Layer 3 routing feature, it’s 24 10/100Mbps and 4 Gigabit TP ports supports Auto-Negotiation for optimal speed detection through RJ-45 Category 5/5e or 6 cables. All the ports support Auto-MDI / MDI-X that can automatically detect the types of connection to any Ethernet devices without requiring special straight or crossover cables. The 4 SFP interfaces together with 4 Gigabit TP ports by default, shared with port 25 to port 28. With the PLANET mini-GBIC fiber-optic module installed, it offers incredible extensibility, flexibility and connectivity to the other core switches or servers.

For universal demand and application of Layer 2, the PLANET WGS3-2840 provides high effective management functions, such as per port disable / enable, speed duplex, flow control settings, bandwidth control and per port Ethernet traffic statistics for counter. To improve the performance of entire network environment, the PLANET WGS3-2840 provides IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree and IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree function. For optimal LAN connection and diagnose between two node switch devices, the IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation is the ideal solution and it supports up to 12 IEEE 802.3ad aggregation groups. For network security enhance, the PLANET WGS3-2840 provides 512 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN groups to segment the port-based networks, and the static MAC address / MAC address filtering function and comprehensive Access Control List (ACL) for enforcing security to the edge as well. For network Ethernet traffic analysis, the PLANET WGS3-2840 provides port mirroring function to monitor the traffic on its Ethernet ports, and it also equips with QoS features to enhance services offered by telecoms. This function provides priority queues per port for different types of traffics, allowing administrators to set policies for classified filtering and rule-based rate limitation.

Designed to offer the guaranteed IP Layer 3 routing with RIP, OSPF and DHCP relay function support, the WGS3-2840 empowers the performance of pure IP-based network easier than ever. The IGMP snooping function helps to build a multimedia networks like video-conference and etc.

With its built-in Web-based management, the PLANET WGS3-2840 offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management and configuration facility. The PLANET WGS3-2840 supports standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and can be managed via any standard-based management software. For text-based management, the WGS3-2840 can also be accessed via telnet method and the console port.

For easier to configure multiple WGS3-2840 with the same setting in a short time, the PLANET WGS3-2840 provide current configuration backup / restore function. It also provides new firmware upgrade through the Web interface for enhancing the performance of the WGS3-2840.