2.5Gb Ethernet router chip
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I guess 2.5Gb Ethernet is starting to show up, not only in new router chips, but some upcoming modems and fiber ONTs. When do we get 2.5Gb switches?
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/broadcom-announces-industrys-first-64bit-quad-core-router-processor-300197848.html
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Netgear was launching at the CeBit 2016 their first 802.3bz or NBase-T Switch, called M4200 series
and later this year Q2 or Q3 they are going to launch the WLAN AP named WNDAP740 that is coming
also together with this NBase-T ports. Would be nice to get better wireless ac performance.
Core Switch for routing:
M7300 + Layer3 license - Bigger Core Switch
fully Layer3 routing static or dynamic (RIP,OSPF,VRRP,ECMP,ProxyARP,Multinetting)
M4300 - smaller Core Switch
fully Layer3 routing static or dynamic (VRRP,HRSP, RIP, OSPF, PIM, PBR)
NBase-T:
M4200 Layer2+, NBase-T Switch for Wave2 11ac wireless access points
8 x 2,5 GBit/s PoE+ Ports
2 x 5,0 GBit/s (Combo Ports 2,5 GBit/s or 5,0 GBit/s)
2 x SFP+ 10 GBit/s Slots