3Com Corp. SuperStack 3 Switch 4226T and SuperStack 3 Switch 4250T Performance Evaluation

Abstract

3Com Corp. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the performance of its SuperStack 3 Switch 4226T and its SuperStack 3 Switch 4250T, both managed workgroup switches. The 3Com SuperStack 3 Switch 4226T provides 24 Fast Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet copper uplinks. The 3Com SuperStack 3 Switch 4250T provides 48 Fast Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet copper uplinks. The Tolly Group evaluated the steady state, zero-loss bi-directional (full-duplex) frames-per-second (fps) throughput of each switch using 64-, 512- and 1,518-byte frames in a port-pairing configuration.