Fulfilling its goal to continue to provide a low cost of ownership for small and medium-sized LANs, SMC has announced a simple, cost-effective means of accessing Fast Ethernet (FE) technology - the new EZ Hub 100.Greg Perkins, country manager of SMC South Africa, says the EZ Hub 100 is equipped with an external power supply and is particularly suited to new installations connecting 100 Mbps devices in small workgroup environments. The desktop-mountable device contains eight 100BASE-TX crossover ports, one of which features an alternate daisy-chain port for an easy, straight-through cable connection to another hub or switch."This makes it cascadable to another hub or multiple switches, offering expandability for building larger networks," says Perkins. "In addition, its plug-and-play design makes it simple to use - there is no configuration required. LEDs assist in monitoring the status of the network."EZ Hub 100 FamilySMC believes it is important to offer products geared to different requirements because networks are found in a numerous different environments today, performing a variety of tasks. To this end, the company`s EZHub 100 family offers alternative products for different needs and budgets. Part of the EZHub 100 family is the EZ Hub 10/100 - a 10/100 dual speed repeater which enables Fast Ethernet coexistence on legacy Ethernet networks.For low-cost, reliable Fast Ethernet connectivity SMC has the aforementioned EZHub 100 5008TX while requirements for greater fault tolerance are satisfied by the EZHub 100 5208TX - a similar 8 port Class II Fast Ethernet repeater with the ability to use a redundant power supply as protection against the most common cause of failure in LAN products - loss of power.SMC`s line of LAN infrastructure products includes the EZ and Tiger lines. While the EZ range provides the essentials with low-cost, plug-and-play network cards, hubs, stackable hubs, desktop and workgroup switches, the Tiger line offers performance and sophisticated functionality, such as hub-based segmentation, integrated switching and management capabilities.Customer Satisfaction GuaranteeBoth the new modules and the EZ Hub 100 are covered by SMC`s Customer Satisfaction Guarantee. This guarantee consists of four components: a 30-day "money back" satisfaction guarantee, a 24-hour cross shipment product replacement policy, toll-free technical support and a three year warranty.
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