The 24-port 10/100 Mbps Layer 2 switch with 4 Gigabit ports & 2 shared Mini-GBIC slots, model TL2-E284, provides a reliable foundation for a highly scalable managed network. The TL2-E284 features a 12.8 Gbps switch fabric, 802.1x authentication, SNMP v 3, & Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP) support. Built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports & Mini-GBIC slots provide high speed uplinks to backbone switching or servers. Additional management features such as port trunking, IGMP snooping, static & dynamic VLAN, load balancing, RMON, Qo S, & RSTP allow administrators to effectively manage departmental work groups.