The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Ethernet and Fast Ethernet switching modules offer ... more
unparalleled physical interface flexibility, and support wire-speed, switched connectivity for unshielded twisted-pair (UTP), shielded twisted-pair (STP), and
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Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco provides the broadest ... more
line of solutions for transporting data, voice and video within buildings, across campuses, or around the world. Cisco solutions ensure that networks both
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The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series provides the broadest selection of10/100 and ... more
10/100/1000 Ethernet media Power over Ethernet (inlinepower) options densities performance interoperability andchassis deployment options. From basic wiring closets small...
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The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series provides the broadest selection of10/100 and ... more
10/100/1000 Ethernet media Power over Ethernet (inlinepower) options densities performance interoperability andchassis deployment options. From basic wiring closets small...
Postage & Packaging: £9.99 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series provides the broadest selection of 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ... more
Ethernet media, Power over Ethernet (inline power) options, densities, performance, interoperability, and chassis deployment options. From basic wiring closets,
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As Ciscos most widely deployed IP telephony port-enabled campus switch, the Catalyst 6500 ... more
offers a new high performance 48 port 10/100/1000 Ethernet module featuring an optional field-upgradable Ethernet in-line power daughter card that can support IP ...
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As Ciscos most widely deployed IP telephony port-enabled campus switch, the Catalyst 6500 ... more
offers a new high performance 48 port 10/100/1000 Ethernet module featuring an optional field-upgradable Ethernet in-line power daughter card that can support IP ...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series provides the broadest selection of10/100 and ... more
10/100/1000 Ethernet media Power over Ethernet (inlinepower) options densities performance interoperability andchassis deployment options. From basic wiring closets small ca
Postage & Packaging:£9.99 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
The Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series is a line of fixed-configuration, enterprise-class switches ... more
that include IEEE 802.3af and Cisco pre-standard Power over Ethernet (PoE) functionality in Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet configurations. The Cisco
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The Cisco ESW 500 series, part of the Cisco Small Business Pro series, is a group of ... more
managed Ethernet switches that provide wire-speed Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, integrated security, quality of service (QoS), and Power over Ethernet (PoE) to support all of your business network needs. These switches integrate easily with Cisco Small Business Pro products as well as the Cisco Smart Business Communications System to provide a complete data, voice, video, and wireless networking solution for your business. With the Cisco ESW 500 series, you can take advantage of a proven network solution and a broad portfolio of high-performance, easy-to-manage switches that are designed and priced for small businesses. The Cisco ESW 500 series switches provide security, management, and other capabilities far beyond what unmanaged or "smart" switches can provide, without requiring you to configure features you don't need. The switches were designed to be part of the complete line of Small Business Pro networking and voice communications products that work together as part of proven, fully integrated, easy-to-use small business solution.
Advantages: easy setup ( if know what doing ) Disadvantages: easy to break.
Another entry onto the cisco scene is the catalyst 4948 switch. 48ports with four G-bic options for either fiber optics or standard RJ45 cables.
setting up:
this is made quite simple by the console port on the back. Using a program such as hyperterminal willl allow you to access the flash drive, and change the settings
ease of setup:
quite an easy switch to setup, it has the usual kind of cisco program, with the easy option to upgrade the firmware/ software on it. To setup a Vlan, you use the configuration terminal within. (conft)
Breakabiltity:
as it says on the box really: fragile. It can stand the usual bumps and scratches with its metal casing, but if dropped will usually break one of the ports.
Flashing:
using the console port, you can set it up to flash the firmware, and put either an upgrade or downgrade ...
Advantages: Advantages: Cheap, all in one solution Disadvantages: No manual overide or audio support
stops autoscanning and lets you use the currently selected PC.
The Belkin claims support for scrolling mice but I did find sometimes one PC would start up without recognising this facility if it wasn't the currently selected one when booting up and in extreme cases, wouldn't recognise the keyboard and mouse at all. Previous KVM's I've used send the PC fake 'There's a keyboard and mouse here' messages when not selected and it seems this unit does not, which is a pity.
Conclusion
The Belkin 2 port KVM is a well built unit that works nicely and provides a great way to save desk space and the cost of a second monitor, keyboard and mouse. The long leads are useful and despite the niggles with scrolling mice and the lack of manual switch. I'd say this unit is worth considering at this price if you can live with those shortcomings ...
Advantages: Cheap, all in one solution, audio support Disadvantages: No manual overide
It's surprising how many people have more than one PC at home although even more surprising is that many of them each have their own screen, keyboard and mouse.
In many cases this makes perfect sense but sometimes, you know you'll only ever use one or the other - perhaps one is your general PC and the other your music workstation. In these situations you can save a lot of space and money by investing in a KVM switch. KVM stands for Keyboard, Video and Mouse and allows you to use one keyboard, mouse and screen shared between two PCs.
This particular unit from Belkin is unusual in that it also includes audio support and also comes with all the leads permanently attached instead of being supplied as a separate cabling set.
Wiring it Up
Installation is simply a matter of taking each of the two main cables and plugging the sets ...
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Manufacturer's product description
The 48-port 10/100TX switching module (WS-X6248-RJ-45) provides 48 switched, 10/100-Mbps autosensing, full- or half-duplex ports. Ports have RJ-45 connectors for either Category 3 or Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable.
