D-Link shows off terabit stack

NETWORK hardware manufacturer D-Link has is showing off some of its latest networking hardware at the Vivendi Universal Games booth this year.

The D-Link xStack Series is provides the backbone for the booth's network with integrated 10-Gigabit support, providing up to 1.4 Terabits of switching capacity in a single stack.

The D-Link xStack switches provide up to 48 Gigabit ports and 176Gbps of switching capacity in a single 1RU chassis and remarkable scalability of up to 384 Gigabit ports in a single stack. On the backside of the switch there are six 10-Gigabit integrated stacking ports.

The switches also offer many of the same advantages as traditional enterprise chassis-based solutions such as greater switching capacity, redundancy, and hot-swap capability. For high performance networks ASIC-based Layer 3 routing (RIPv1/v2, OSPF, and DVMRP), multi-layer traffic classification, and L2/L3/L4 Access Control Lists (ACL) are supported.

The booth also has wireless connectivity using DWL-3200AP managed access points. The DWL-3200AP access point allows network administrators and gamers to deploy a highly manageable wireless network. This access point has two high-gain antennas for optimal wireless coverage. For users who are a little more advanced, this new high-speed Access Point has an integrated 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE). In addition to performance, the DWL-3200AP currently comes with 802.11i for support of industrial grade wireless security as well as other more basic security features.

For home gamers looking for a gigabit gaming router, D-Link is showcasing their DGL-4100 at each of the gaming stations at the booth. The router has four gigabit Ethernet LAN ports and provides a high-performance infrastructure that gamers need as well as a one Fast Ethernet WAN Port The GamerLounge series of products takes advantage of D-Link's proprietary GameFuel technology. The technology automatically prioritises gaming packets over any other traffic on the network. µ