TechTarget – Advent of 2.5, 5 Gigabit Ethernet switches roiling market

Faster wireless has opened the market for a new breed of switches. Expert Craig Mathias will tell you what you need to know.

With a number of recent announcements unveiling switches supporting per-port speeds of 2.5 and 5 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), it’s time to look at what impact this very interesting advance might have on the networking market — both wired and wireless. It’s actually Gigabit+-class wireless LANs — based on 802.11ac — that are driving interest and demand here; after all, many current WLAN products can easily exceed the 1 GbE per-port speeds…Read More.