Chapter 2 Introduction
Thanks for choosing the TL-SL2218/TL-SL2428 Smart Switch!
2.1 Overview of the Switch
Designed for workgroups and departments, TL-SL2218/TL-SL2428 from TP-LINK provides
wire-speed performance and full set of layer 2 management features. They provide a variety of
service features and multiple powerful functions with high security.
The EIA-standardized framework and smart configuration capacity can provide flexible solutions
for a variable scale of networks. QoS and IGMP snooping/filtering optimize voice and video
application. SNMP, RMON, WEB Log-in bring abundant management policies.
TL-SL2218/TL-SL2428 Switch integrate multiple functions with excellent performance, and are
friendly to manage, which can fully meet the need of the users demanding higher networking
performance.
2.2 Main Features
• Resiliency and Availability
+ IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree provides high link availability in multiple VLAN
environments.
+ Multicast snooping automatically prevents flooding of IP multicast traffic.
+ Root Guard protects root bridge from malicious attack or configuration mistakes.
• Layer 2 Switching
+ Supports 255 active VLAN groups and 4K VLAN IDs.
• Quality of Service
+ Supports L2/L3 granular CoS with 4 priority queues per port.
+ Rate limiting confines the traffic flow accurately according to the preset value.
• Security
+ Control the users logging on to the Web management page.
• Manageability
+ Supports SNMP v1/v2c/v3, RMON and web access.
+ Port Mirroring enables monitoring selected ingress/egress traffic.
2.3 Appearance Description
2.3.1 Front Panel
The front panel of TL-SL2218 is shown as Figure 2-1.
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