Abstract

Small and medium sized businesses demand high performance, purpose built switches to adapt to the increasing demands of 802.11ac Access Point and VoIP deployments.

To help businesses stay competitive, Linksys introduces a new line of business class managed switches for Gigabit Ethernet deployment. In addition to Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, Linksys switches offer Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), IPv6, quality of service(QoS), Auto Voice VLAN for VoIP, and 10G SFP+uplink expansion in an all-in-one, affordable solution.

Linksys commissioned Tolly to evaluate its topline 52-Port Managed Business Gigabit PoE+ Switch LGS552P to Cisco Small Business comparable PoE+ switch model SG300-52P in benchmark testing on Performance, Power Efficiency, Software Features and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

The Linksys switch matched the performance of the Cisco Systems SG300 across all the performance tests. In addition, the Linksys switch has a lower cost per Gigabit of throughput delivered and per Watt of PoE delivered .