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Article: HP pops 10/100 switches at $99 per port.(HP ProCurve Switch 4000M and 2400M desktop and workgroup switches)(Product Announcement)
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- Network World
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- July 20, 1998
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Hewlett-Packard Co. last week unveiled two 10/100M bit/sec autosensing Ethernet switches at $99 per port, which may be the lowest per-port price from a leading 10/100 switch vendor.
HP's ProCurve Switch 4000M and 2400M are desktop and workgroup switches that feature IP Multicasting via Internet Group Multicast Protocol snooping as well as IEEE 802.1p and 802.1q virtual LAN tagging and port trunking.
The switches come with HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches software, which is a new package for network management, monitoring and performance analysis.
The switches can also be managed from the World Wide Web, enabling network administrators to view the whole ...