Features And Advantages Of Fixed-port Industrial Switch

Industrial Switch, also known as industrial Ethernet switch, is specially designed to meet the requirements of flexible industrial applications, providing a cost-effective industrial Ethernet communication solution. Industrial switch/industrial Ethernet switch, as a LAN hardware device widely used by us, has always been familiar to everyone. Industrial switches can be divided into fixed port industrial switches and modular industrial switches  (with greater flexibility and scalability, so the latter is often used in core industrial switches or converged industrial switches) based on their structure.

Fixed ports, as the name implies, are fixed. If they are 8 ports, they can only have 8 ports and can't be added. 16 ports can only have 16 ports, and can't be expanded. At present, such fixed-port switches are common, and the number of ports is not clearly defined. The general port standards are 8 ports, 16 ports and 24 ports. The number of non-standard ports mainly includes 4 ports, 5 ports, 10 ports, 12 ports, 20 ports, 22 ports and 32 ports.

The fixed port switch has the advantages of simple installation and low price, and is suitable for small LAN node connection equipment or large network access equipment. The fixed-port switch is usually used as an access layer switch to provide network access for end users, or as a convergence layer switch to realize the connection with the access layer switch.

Although the fixed-port switch is relatively cheap, it can only provide limited ports and fixed interfaces. Therefore, it has certain limitations in terms of the number of users that can be connected and the transmission media that can be used. However, this switch is widely used in working groups.

1. It is an essential industrial switch for industrial enterprises

The fixed-port industrial switch is considered to be a basic and necessary switch for enterprises in the industry. Because this switch is very common, it can be seen everywhere in many growth enterprises, providing a cost-effective network solution for growth enterprises. This fixed-port industrial switch system has a fixed interface but cannot be expanded. When a growing enterprise needs to expand the number of ports of the switch, the enterprise's management personnel must purchase some industrial switches to meet production requirements.

2. It is an industrial switch with complete performance

The fixed-port industrial switch is known as a very common switch in the industry, which is not only reflected in the ultra-high cost performance of the fixed-port switch, but also in its more complete performance. In general, the composition of the industrial switch is very similar to that of an ordinary computer. It has its own processor and memory, and has an external storage hard disk that is functionally similar to a computer, a startup memory that is similar to a computer, and an important switching chip and a network interface chip that is similar to a network card in a computer.

Behind the wide application of fixed-port industrial switches in the industry, enterprises can easily find its good advantages, which can meet the basic production needs of enterprises. Growing enterprises do not need to be equipped with any additional equipment for a short time after using fixed-port industrial switches; At the same time, the fixed-port switch has more complete performance, so it can ensure more stable and reliable operation of the enterprise network.