powerful, affordable managed switch ideal for enterprise branch offices this managed switch is specifically designed for small enterprise workgroup and branch office environments. it offers 8 wirespeed 10/100 fast ethernet switch ports and a dual-purpose port combining a fixed 100base fx fiber uplink for legacy fiber backbone connections and a small form-factor plug in (sfp) transceiver slot that can accommodate a sx or lx gigabit tranceiver eight 10/100 mbps ports plus a 100base fx fiber uplink for legacy backbone connections support high-speed server and backbone applications sfp transceiver slot supports 1000base-sx or 1000base-lx transceiver module 802.1x and radius server authentication verifies both user and device before granting access to network resources for added network security ieee 802.1q vlan support, multicast filtering and igmp querying features allow administrators to effectively segment the network and control traffic flow poe support on ports 1, 2, 5 and 6 forward power as well as data to ieee 802.3af-compatible devices over ethernet twisted pair cabling supports 128 multicast filter groups and igmp querying small, compact, fan-less enclosure specifically designed for small, confined office spaces