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D-LINK® XSTACK™ managed switch wins PC MAGAZINE Editors’ choice


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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.— PC Magazine, one of the oldest and most respected publications serving the computer industry, has awarded its coveted “Editors’ Choice” designation to the new 24-port xStack™ DGS-3627 managed network switch from D-Link, the end-to-end provider of computer networking solutions for consumers and business.

“Very small businesses will need a network consultant to make full use of a switching product with capabilities as deep as the DGS-3627,” states the magazine reviewer and networking expert Oliver Rist, who added, “but today’s network applications can greatly benefit” from the features in the D-Link switch.

“Sporting 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports and another four small-form-factor pluggable (SFP) ports capable of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) uplinks, this switch can find a home as part of a large enterprise’s switch fabric,” Rist added. “Yet with the slim 1U form factor, it can just as easily become a backbone all by itself for a smaller business.”

Giving it a four out of a possible five rating, the editors specifically liked the D-Link® product’s stacking capabilities. “xStack goes a couple steps further, first by using the SFP ports and a proprietary hookup to pump stack traffic at up to 20 gigabits per second, and second, by allowing any switch in the stack to be hot-swapped in case of trouble. That’s a way-cool feature, since it lets an administrator pull a switch out of the stack, replace it with any other D-Link xStack switch (preferably the same model, though it can be a different model as long as the ports and configuration abilities match) and the new unit will jump right in.”

For businesses needing to expand from five or eight-port unmanaged switches, Rist added, the D-Link solution allows for advanced applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP), multicast streaming, a VLAN-segmented network, or a fast backbone for server-to-server or server-to-SAN communication.

DGS-3627 Key Features and Benefits:

* IPv4 & IPv6 routing without additional license fees
* Support for advanced Layer 3 protocols RIP, OSPF, VRRP, IGMP, DVMRP, PIM-DM & PIM-SM
* Supports 24 1000BASE-T ports with up to 3 optional 10-Gigabit connections
* Mix and match optional 10 Gigabit fiber XFP and copper CX4 modules to meet user network needs
* Advanced L2/3/4 Quality of Service (QoS) and Access Control Lists
* 40 Gigabit stacking backplane with physical data stacking up to 12 units
* Support for IP-Port-MAC binding and Microsoft NAP

Price and Availability

The DGS-3627 and DGS-3650 (48-Port version) is available now through D-Link’s network of value-added resellers, solution providers and distributors, or at the company’s online store, www.dlinkshop.com, for the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $3209.99 for the DGS-3627 and (MSRP) $5889.99 for the DGS-3650. More information is available by visiting D-Link’s website, www.dlink.com, or tuning into D-LinkTV™ at www.dlinktv.com.



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