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Hardened Industrial Ethernet Switches from Black Box are a family of heavy-duty switches that feature an extended temperature range. Their rugged metal cases serve as a heat sink to dissipate heat, so there are no fans to go bad.
The switch featured here has eight autosensing 10-/100-Mbps copper Ethernet ports plus one multimode fiber port with an SC connector and a range of 2 kilometers. It features a 24-VDC power supply and comes with brackets for panel mounting.
The switch featured here has eight autosensing 10-/100-Mbps copper Ethernet ports plus one multimode fiber port with an SC connector and a range of 2 kilometers. It features a 24-VDC power supply and comes with brackets for panel mounting.