NETGEAR, a provider of networking products, has announced the expansion of its Smart Switch line-up with the launch of the ProSafe 24 Port 10/100 Smart Switch with Four Gigabit Ports and 24 PoE Ports (FS728TP).

According to NETGEAR, FS728TP users have the ability to support 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) on all 24 10/100 ports, making it an ideal solution for SMBs deploying PoE-enabled infrastructure devices such as VoIP phones, access points and IP surveillance cameras.

NETGEAR believes that the new FS728TP delivers scalability and reliability to growing companies, offering easy management through a Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) without the cost and complexity of a fully managed Layer 2 solution.

FS728TP features a non-blocking wire-speed architecture that delivers a 12.8 Gbps switching capacity for maximum data throughput. Some of the other features include Access Control List (ACL) filtering, 802.1x port authentication, enhanced QoS for prioritization of voice traffic, rate limiting, and IGMP snooping.