D-Link Offers Smart Switches With Web-Based Management

D-Link, a networking solutions provider for consumers and businesses, has announced two new Web Smart Switches - designed for SMEs/ enterprises seeking to upgrade from unmanaged switches to smart switches that offer an easy-to-use interface with a variety of management options, advanced security, and an auto-voice VLAN feature.

The D-Link DES-1210 series comes with 24 and 48 10/100 ports with two Combo 1000Base-T/SFP ports and two 1000Base-T ports. The flexible uplink ports design helps the SME to deploy network connections between client PC, servers and core network backbones.

With advanced, eco-friendly hardware design, the DES-1210 series smart switches include a fan-less feature that is ideal for offices with open spaces that require silent operation and low power consumption. A single LED per port provides at-a-glance port status and achieves low power consumption compared with traditional multi-LED per port design.

The DES-1210 switches feature a SmartConsole Utility, a program for discovering multiple smart switches within the same L2 network segment.

Users can easily enable initial settings of multiple smart switches without the need of changing the IP address of PCs, allowing hassle-free multiple device firmware upgrades. The switches also offer ease of set-up with a default-enabled configuration to allow plug-and-play.

Offering strengthened security, the DES-1210 series has ACL filtering to permit or deny traffic based on MAC and/ or IP addresses. The switches also provide a step-by-step configuration of Access Control List (ACL) settings in a simple format. With an ACL wizard and more intuitive set-up, users can enable flexible ACL field assignment to block unauthorised access. In addition, DES-1210 series features 802.1x port-based security to keep unauthorised users off the network.

With an Auto Voice VLAN feature, the switches seamlessly integrate with the SME/ enterprise voice network, delivering optimal voice quality, and guaranteeing VoIP bandwidth without complicated settings. They offer DSCP-based QoS to classify voice, data and multicast into different levels to prioritise network traffic and IGMP Snooping to optimise the performance of multicast streaming between servers and clients.

For high reliability, the switches offer Loopback Detection (LBD) to enable the shutdown of loop ports and prevent packet storm from overwhelming the entire network. The DES-1210 series also includes cable diagnostics to troubleshoot basic connectivity problems and simplify network installation.