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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s ProCurve 8000 has won numerous awards from this publication. The product's performance has scored high ratings in our tests (see "Gigabit Ethernet Switches Set To Take on the Enterprise," at www.network computing.com/916/916r1. html) and the switch even won the 1999 Well-Connected Award for Best Layer 2 Switch ("Going Gonzo for Gigabit," www. networkcomputing.com/1010/ 1010f122.html). Now we have discovered that this switch line, like a fine wine, just keeps getting better with time.
The latest addition to the ProCurve family of switches is support for Giabit Ethernet over copper. The HP ProCurve Switch 100/1000BASE-T Module (J4115A) is one of the first gigabit-over-copper products on the market.
The new ProCurve Switch 100/1000BASE-T Module sports a single 100/1000BASE-T interface that autosenses half- or full-duplex and Fast Ethernet or Gigabir Ethernet speeds. The module can be plugged into...