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D-Link Fast Ethernet products are a dominant
force in home and business environments alike;
delivering increased network performance,
increased network scalability, and decreased
costs over time. Working closely with Internet
Service Providers allows the Company to deliver
Ethernet NICs directly into consumers’ PCs at the
time of broadband installation. In addition,
D-Link has worked closely with Value Added
Resellers since the Company's inception and has
a strong hold on network infrastructure in the
business environments.
Gigabit EEthernet
Just as Fast Ethernet provided a low-cost
incremental migration from 10Mbps Ethernet,
Gigabit Ethernet provides a low-cost incremental
migration from 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet.
As a leading supplier of Ethernet technology,
D-Link provides a broad range of standards-
based, high performance Gigabit Ethernet
solutions designed to lower enterprise IT costs
and simplify the transition. In general, upgrading
to Gigabit Ethernet over copper is ideal even
when budgets are tight; it will increase
performance and breathe new life into older
networks that now have extended needs by build-
ing on a company's current investment in cabling.
Initially focusing on uplinks to the backbone,
switch-to-switch links, and switch-to-server
connections, shrinking price deltas and increased
use of bandwidth intensive applications are
ramping the growth of desktop Gigabit
connections and continuing a familiar path as
businesses upgrade to 1000Mbps from 100Mbps.
10 GGigabit EEthernet
The migration to Gigabit Ethernet on the desktop
is in turn helping to drive the need for 10 Gigabit
Ethernet in servers and enterprise backbones.
Currently, D-Link is focusing on 10 Gigabit
Ethernet products that provide local backbone
interconnections between large-capacity switch-
es. As the demand for bandwidth increases,
D-Link will be ready to deliver solutions that will
allow 10 Gigabit Ethernet to be deployed through-
out the entire network and will include server
farm, backbone and campus wide connectivity.
10 Gigabit Ethernet operates over optical fiber
lines, while meeting several key requirements for
high-speed networks, including flexibility, lower
cost of ownership, and interoperability with
existing Ethernet networks. Ideal for building
Metropolitan Area Networks, this emerging
technology will allow the connection of geograph-
ically dispersed LANs between campuses or
points of presence.
D-Link Ethernet switches deliver
performance and scalability that
is critical for enterprise network
environments
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