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Chapter 1 Introduction of the Product 
Thank you for choosing the TL-SG1005D/TL-SG1008D 5/8-port 
Gigabit Desktop Switch. 
1.1 Overview of the Product 
Powered by the Gigabit Ethernet Technology, TL-SG1005D/ 
TL-SG1008D Gigabit Desktop Switch provides the seamless 
network connection, which can speed up your old network to 
1000Mbps. The increased speed and backbone connections 
make Gigabit a reality, which ensures the graphics, CGI, CAD, 
or multimedia files and other applications with bandwidth-
intensive files transferred across the network almost instantly. 
The non-blocking switching architecture adopted in the TL-
SG1005D/TL-SG1008D switch greatly improves network 
response times as well as significantly speed up the traffic 
between subnets by forwarding and filtering packets at full wire-
speed for maximum throughput. 
The TL-SG1005D/TL-SG1008D switch is compatible with all 
10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1000Mbps Ethernet devices, which can 
protect your existing network investments while provide you a 
straightforward migration path to faster Gigabit speed. 
The TL-SG1005D/TL-SG1008D switch is very easy to manage 
since it 
is plug-and-play and no configuration is needed. In 
addition, the  Auto-MDI/MDIX cable detection on all ports 
eliminates the demand of crossover cable or Uplink port. Each 
port can be used as general ports or Uplink ports, and any port 
can be simply plugged into a server, a hub, a router, a switch or 
a PC, using the straight cable or crossover cable. Diagnostic 
LEDs which display link status and activity, allowing you to