The DrayTek G1080 VigorSwitch 8-Port Smart Managed Desktop Gigabit Switch is ideal for SOHO and small businesses with high-performance capability, and is equipped with eight (8) Gigabit Ethernet ports to cater for high bandwidth traffic. The VigorSwitch G1080 is equipped with extensive facilities for maximising your LAN performance, VLAN capability to allow flexible network design, and QoS capability for flexible bandwidth control.

Key Features

• Eight (8) port Gigabit managed switch.
• Ultra-compact form factor.
• Wall-mountable (mount sold separately).
• Fanless (silent) operation.
• Ultra-low power consumption.
• Can be powered by USB port on PC or router.
  • Requires USB cable ‘HVUSB1’ – see accessories tab.
• 802.3az Power Saving.
• 802.1q VLANs (Tag & Port-based).
• QoS for Application traffic prioritisation.
• Link Aggregation (LACP) for ports 7 & 8.
• IGMP Snooping (Up to 128 Multicast Groups).
• Manageable by compatible DrayTek router (SWM) or standalone operation.

LAN Management

VigorSwitch G1080 offers features that help to build a secure business network, such as VLAN and Storm Control. While allowing visitors to connect to the network for internet access, these features help to block the visitors’ access to business network resources and protect the network from being exhausted by malicious traffic.

Power Saving

The VigorSwitch G1080 helps you build a green networking by offering power-saving features, such as IEEE 802.3az (Energy-Efficient Ethernet), which allows the switch to dynamically adjust the power on each port according to the client activity and cable length. If you have limited space or power sockets, the VigorSwitch G1080 can also be powered by USB (requires optional USB/DC cable ‘HVUSB1’ – see accessories tab) via the USB port on your PC or DrayTek Vigor router (sold separately).

Central Management

The DrayTek VigorSwitch G1080 can operate in standalone mode and be managed through its web interface. Alternatively, if you need to manage and monitor the switch remotely or have several DrayTek VigorSwitches to administer, you can centrally manage VigorSwitches on a site from the DrayTek router (which they must be physically connected to). With DrayTek Central Switch Management, connected VigorSwitches can be monitored, managed and provisioned simply by accessing the router’s web interface, either locally or from across the internet.

Network Segmentation

The DrayTek VigorSwitch G1080 can separate network segments using IEEE 802.1q VLANs, with both Tag-based and Port-based VLANs:

Tag-based VLAN
This type of VLAN can be used to segment networks using a single network link between the DrayTek Vigor router with multiple subnets (VLANs) and the VigorSwitch G1080, with different ports being assigned to each of the router’s VLANs. DrayTek Central Switch Management can assist with configuring the VLAN settings on the VigorSwitch.

Port-based VLAN
This type of VLAN configures the VigorSwitch G1080 as two separate network switches, with some ports being assigned to each of these networks, but kept fully isolated from each other.

Prioritise Traffic & Ports with Quality of Service

The VigorSwitch G1080 supports Quality of Service to prioritise latency sensitive traffic using both 802.1p CoS (Class of Service) and Port based mode. 802.1p CoS allows both software applications such as Skype, and network devices such as VoIP handsets that send priority tags with their time sensitive data, to be prioritised over general data transfers using the four (4) flexible Queues and scheduling system of the switch. With Port-based Quality of Service, VoIP phone handsets can be assigned a higher priority than a Network Attached Storage server, so that file transfers over the network cannot affect call quality.

Control Port Throughput with Rate Limiting

The VigorSwitch G1080 can control the bandwidth available to each of its network switch ports, with the Ingress rate (data received on that port) and Egress rate (data sent from the switch to that port) being configurable in increments from 512 kilobits per second, 1 megabit per second, 2mbps, up to 512mbps and Unlimited.

Multicast IGMP Snooping

With IGMP Snooping enabled, the VigorSwitch G1080 can determine which ports are requesting multicast data streams, with IP-TV for instance, and send that data only to the ports that have requested it, instead of the multicast streams being sent to all ports of the switch. The VigorSwitch G1080 can keep track of up to 128 multicast groups.

Link Aggregation / Port Trunking

When connecting the VigorSwitch G1080 to a larger network switch such as the VigorSwitch G1280, the link between that switch and the G1080 could be a bottleneck for the devices communicating between those two switches. With Link Aggregation configured on both switches and two 2 1Gb/s network links between the two switches, traffic can be shared between the two ports, effectively doubling the bandwidth of the uplink and providing resilience should one of the links fail.

Specifications

Standard Warranty: 2-Years