Although currently most common users have still used router or switch with hundreds of mega, and few started to use ones with thousands of mega, the central equipment bandwidth has become the bottleneck in daily use. In order to satisfy the needs of its enthusiasts, Asus has specially released a new Asus XG-U2008 switch with 10GbE. It offers two 10Gbe and 8 GbE Ethernet interface, it will sell at $250 from newegg.
As for design, Asus XG-U2008 uses all-metal chassis with a silver brushed-aluminum finish. , and it also provided 19inch rack-mount kit. In addition, it is equipped with multi-color notification. When you adjust 10GbE mode, it shows blue, GigE mode to show white, disconnected to show red.
Asus XG-U2008 has used 2GbE and 8 GbE interface design, which can provide nice data for a small amount of high speed devices and other traditional devices. But we need to know Asus XG-U2008 doesn’t support management function. So those needing business-class management features like VLANs should look elsewhere. Will you choose this Asus switch?