A Gigabit switch helps boost network speed and usually supports speeds of 10/100/1000 Mbps for copper cables and 1000 Mbps for fiber optic cables. Here are some features of a typical 1G switch: Gigabit Ethernet switches are available in varied numbers of ports from two to 50 or even. VERSITRON manufactures a wide range of fiber optic switches that provide links for your 10Base, 100Base, 1000Base Gigabit, and 10 Gigabit networks simultaneously. Various port sizes are available ranging from 4 up to 52 ports. We offer solutions that provide seamless transmission and conversion. In computer networking, Gigabit Ethernet (GbE or 1 GigE) is the transmission of Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second. The most popular variant, 1000BASE-T, is defined by the IEEE 802. It came into use in 1999 and has largely replaced Fast Ethernet in wired local networks. Network switches are devices that work at Layer 2 of the OSI model and enable path switching over devices attached to the switch using MAC addresses to enhance throughput by creating virtual channels to each data intended to be sent over the network, thereby lowering the chances of data clashes. In its simplest form, a switch receives data packets, gets the destination address, and sends the. These switches significantly boost data transfer rates to up to 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps), which is equal to 1 billion bits or 1,000,000,000 bits per second. Gigabit fiber switches are ideal for access layer and edge applications.