Abstract

NETGEAR commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate its fully managed 24-port ProSafe® GSM7224R Gigabit Ethernet Switch to quantify its Layer 2, zero-loss, bidirectional throughput, evaluate the cost of ownership and verify key features and functions.

Tolly Group engineers compared the performance of the NETGEAR switch against an HP ProCurve Switch 2824 and a Linksys SGE2000. In addition to measuring zero-loss throughput, Tolly Group engineers audited a barrage of features covering Layer 2 functions, management, security, Quality of Service (QoS), routing and multicast capabilities.

Features and functions were validated under the auspices of The Tolly Group’s Tolly Verified (TV) program. In all, the NETGEAR earned more than a dozen TV certifications.

Tests were conducted in August 2008.