SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 7, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- NETGEAR, Inc., a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced the addition of Layer 3 capability to its extensive line of business-class managed switching solutions. The GSM7324 24-Port Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Switch is an affordable 24-port 10/100/1000 Mbps switch which provides high throughput and management flexibility for the demanding network environments of small- and medium-sized businesses. At an estimated street price of $3,399, the GSM7324 24-Port Switch offers a breakthrough price per port of under $145, the lowest for a Layer 3 switch in the industry.
NETGEAR's GSM7324 provides small and medium sized businesses a migration path to newer technologies while preserving current hardware investments. It "off-loads" expensive routers that segment networks, increasing throughput performance through the sub-nets and also enables organizations to take advantage of new IP-based services such as Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony, corporate video streaming and video conferencing and other cost-saving applications. NETGEAR's first-available Layer 3 switch, the GSM7324 switch combines both Layer 2 and Layer 3 managed switching functionality with Quality of Service (QoS) and access control features offering a cost-effective enterprise-class feature set to small and medium sized business users. It is ideal as a backbone for 10/100 switches, Gigabit servers or as the robust core of a demanding all-Gigabit network.
"With the launch of the GSM7324, NETGEAR has stepped-up the level of capabilities that we offer to small and medium-sized businesses," stated Kevin Allan, Business Product Line Director at NETGEAR. "NETGEAR is positioning itself to be the go-to vendor for complete end-to-end networking solutions in the SMB sector with the addition of this product to our already extensive line of business-class networking solutions that includes managed Fast Ethernet and Gigabit switches, VPN security firewalls, and secured wireless access points and adapters."
The GSM7324 24-Port Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Switch provides the most cost-effective network connectivity in the industry through 24 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing, auto-negotiating, and Auto Uplink (tm) copper Gigabit Ethernet ports. The GSM7324 also provides four optional hot-swappable small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules for fiber connections.
Featuring an easy-to-use browser-based configuration interface, the 1U GSM7324 incorporates a high-performance routing and switching feature set including: RIP I and RIP II, OSPF2, VRRP (router redundancy), broadcast storm protection, extensive VLAN support, Rapid Spanning Tree, and link aggregation. Quality of Service functionality includes DiffServ, access control lists and bandwidth provisioning. The switch also provides simple network management protocol (SNMP) support and can be used in conjunction with many popular SNMP software suites.
Backed by a five-year warranty and 24/7 technical support, the NETGEAR GSM7324 24-Port Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Switch will be available in July 2003, via value added resellers, direct marketers and e-commerce sites, at an estimated street price of $3,399.
About NETGEAR Inc.
NETGEAR provides branded, technologically advanced networking products for homes and small to medium businesses. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, Calif., NETGEAR designs and develops products that enable home and business users to share Internet access, peripherals, digital content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR primarily markets and sells its products through distributors based in North America, Europe and the Asia/Pacific region to a network of resellers, including retail stores, mail order catalogs and online retailers. For more information visit the company's Web site at www.netgear.com or call (408) 907-8000.