September 11, 2002

The Planet WGSW-404 and WGSW-2402A are ultra-fast high-performance switches with a non-blocking switch fabric of 16Gbps and 12.8Gbps respectively. The WGSW-404 is a backbone switch with 4 10/100/1000Mbps RJ-45 ports and 4 slots for media expansion. The WGSW-2402A is designed to be a workgroup switch with 24 10/100Mbps RJ-45 ports and 2 slots for media expansion. Their expansion slots support optional Planet 1000Base-T, 1000Base-SX and 100Base-FX modules that provide great flexibility on both enterprise and FTTB applications.

Both the WGSW-404 and WGSW-2402A can be stacked up to 8 units through an Ethernet interface and managed by single IP. Up to 8 WGSW-2402A's may be stacked giving up to 192 10/100Base-TX ports plus 2 Gigabit ports or 8 WGSW-404's to obtain up to 50 Gigabit ports in a single stack. By mixing them in a single stack is also possible to achieve a combination of architectures and abilities for maximum flexibility. Most stacked switches are limited by the length of a proprietary stack cable, but with the WGSW-404 and WGSW-2402A the maximum distance between two stacked switches can be up to 2 km (1.2 miles) using Planet's Ethernet stack connectivity.

Designed as a Layer 2 switch with layer 3 software routing functions, the WGSW-404 and WGSW-2402A can easily integrate into existing network configurations and can be managed through the console, telnet and the web. SNMP MIBII, Bridge MIB, RMON groups 1,2,3,9 and enterprise private MIB are also supported for maximum management functionality.

The standard IEEE 802.1Q with VLAN tagging feature makes logically separating nodes easier, with up to 128 VLAN groups allowed on both units. IGMP snooping is provided to prevent flooding of IP multicast traffic. Port security and MAC address filtering are also included as a standard feature to enhance overall network access security.