R&S®LANCOM GS-2426

In noise-sensitive environments, this Gigabit access switch expands the network without compromising reliability. Its fanless design with no moving parts ensures silent operation, making it ideal for offices, conference rooms, and other noise-sensitive workspaces. The passive cooling system enhances energy efficiency and eliminates potential points of mechanical failure. This not only extends the device’s service life but also maintains a high mean time between failures (MTBF), even under heavy network loads, ensuring consistent network availability. With its combination of silent operation and high reliability, this switch is a future-proof investment for professional IT infrastructures.

Thanks to energy-saving functions in accordance with IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet), the switch automatically disables unused ports and reactivates them instantly – without delay or packet loss – as soon as they are needed again. This effectively conserves valuable energy resources. However, efficient networks require more than just energy savings. Powerful Layer 2 switching with MAC-based data forwarding ensures a stable network infrastructure. Spanning Tree Protocols (STP, RSTP, MSTP) enable a redundant yet loop-free network topology, while Link Aggregation (LACP, IEEE 802.1ax) allows bundling of up to 16 ports per group for improved load balancing. For flexible network segmentation, the Gigabit access switch supports up to 4,096 VLANs, while Voice VLAN prioritizes voice data to ensure optimized Quality of Service (QoS). Additionally, DHCP relay (options 66, 67, 82) simplifies IP address assignment across different network segments.

The R&S®LANCOM GS-2426 stops rogue clients from gaining unauthorized access to the network. This is ensured by secured access control on all ports as per IEEE 802.1X (port-based, single, multi, and MAC-based) or by ACLs (access control lists). Thanks to secure communication protocols such as SSH, SSL, and SNMPv3, professional remote management of the network is possible. The switch also supports the TACACS+ protocol for authentication, authorization, and accounting. This optimized solution promises maximum security for multi-site network management and monitoring.

Thanks to its dual-stack implementation, the R&S®LANCOM GS-2426 can be used in pure IPv4, pure IPv6, or mixed networks. Numerous applications such as SSL, SSH, Telnet, or TFTP can thus also be run over IPv6 networks. IPv6 features such as stateless autoconfiguration, neighbor device discovery, and MLD snooping round out the IPv6 features.