In the home or office, the Ethernet switch functions as a central station ... is backward compatible and detects the highest common speed between both ends of the connection.

For example, a 10/100/1000 switch supports all three rates and adjusts to the highest speed between sender and receiver. All new computers and most network devices support Gigabit Ethernet.

1U low-latency, Layer 2/3, Ethernet switch Ideal platform for traditional Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch deployments 48x 10GbE BASE-T (PSWITCH 2048T) or SFP+ ports (PSWITCH 2048P) and 6x 40GbE QSFP+ ports ...