NETGEAR Technologies has enhanced its range of Smart Switch family with NETGEAR's ProSafe Smart Switch GS748T for small and growing companies. This switch maximizes bandwidth and density for great value and capability, claims the company.

With 48 10/100/1000 Mbps ports, each capable of powering 2000 Mbps of data throughput in full-duplex mode, plus four optional fiber ports, it provides a 96 Gbps backbone and connects servers or power users, delivering large amounts of multimedia, image, and video information in no time at all.

Atul Jain, Country Manager, Netgear India and SAARC, says, “The SMB business wants a technology which is proven and rock solid along with it, it should be hassle free in terms of manageability. They do not want to spend much on the manpower to maintain these boxes unlike the large enterprises. Therefore, NETGEAR's ProSafe Smart Switch GS748T is a very good option for them.”

The Network Protocol and Standard compatibility of the product are:
· IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet
· IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet
· IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet
· IEEE 802.3x full-duplex flow control