Unmanaged Industrial 6 and 10 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch

• Unmanaged 6 and 10 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
• Two 10/100/1000 copper or Gigabit fiber uplink ports
• Four or eight 10/100/1000 copper user ports
• ST, SC and LC fiber ports or Gigabit SFP transceivers
• Supports jumbo frames up to 10,240 bytes
• Uplink redundancy on models with two uplink ports
• Dual Device mode for operating as two separate switches
• Directed Switch mode to prevent port flooding
• Single or dual DC power for redundancy
• Wall, Rack and DIN-rail mountable
• Fan-less design for long life
• Industrial (-40 to 75ºC) operating temperature
• Made in the USA
• Free 24/7/365 Technical Support

The RuggedNet G/Si is an unmanaged ruggedized industrial gigabit Ethernet switch that features fiber or copper uplink ports and four or eight 10/100/1000 RJ-45 copper user ports. The RuggedNet G/Si enables industrial network distance extension with fiber cabling.

The RuggedNet G/Si is a standard Layer 2 Ethernet switch that forwards frames to any port based on their MAC address.

The RuggedNet G/Si supports Directed Switch mode, which directs multicast traffic (such as video) only to the appropriate uplink port, preventing the multicast video traffic from flooding other network ports.

Models with two fiber or two copper uplink ports support daisy-chain configurations or redundant uplinks for critical applications that require protection and sub 50ms restoration in the event of an uplink failure.

Models with two fiber or two copper uplink ports also support Dual Device mode that enables the G/Si to operate as two independent and isolated Ethernet switches. In Dual Device mode, the G/Si provides separate and independent data traffic paths between the two uplink ports and four or eight user ports.

The G/Si modes of operation can be configured using easily accessible DIP-switches. Each DIP-switch function is labeled on the side of the RuggedNet for ease of identification and use.

The RuggedNet G/Si is available with fixed ST, SC, and LC connectors or Small Form Pluggable (SFP) transceiver receptacles. Fiber ports support multimode or single-mode and dual fiber or single-fiber with distances up to 140km. SFP models support a variety of distances in standard and CWDM wavelengths.

The compact RuggedNet Ethernet switches can be wall or rack mounted with an optional wall mount bracket or DIN-rail mounted using the included DIN-rail mounting clip. They are available with single or dual DC input power options.

Dual Device Mode Application

This Dual Device feature is extremely useful when two isolated networks domains share a single network distribution location.

The example below depicts a scenario where the Quality Control (green) network and the Manufacturing (purple) network are sharing a single hub distribution location. Using the two uplinks and the Dual Switch mode facilitates using a single switch driving both the Quality Control and the Manufacturing devices while maintaining isolation between the networks.

Industrial Daisy Chain Application

This example demonstrates the daisy chain capabilities of the RuggedNet switches. In this application each RuggedNet switch connects to its neighboring switches via its uplink ports. The daisy chain can continue to additional switches using this method of connectivity.

In this application, two locations are connected using the RuggedNet switches providing connectivity between the workstations and the router.