DrayTek is pleased to announce a new model, VigorSwitch P1280, joins the PoE VigorSwitch family. The VigorSwitch P1280 supports 802.3at PoE+ standard on 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports, with a maximum of 340-watt power budget, make it an ideal choice for small and medium business network with many wireless access points, IP phones, and IP surveillance. Meanwhile, VigorSwitch P1280 is power-saving through complying with the IEEE 802.3az (Energy-Efficient Ethernet) standard and providing PoE management features such as power consumption monitoring and PoE Scheduling.

The key features of VigorSwitch P1280 include:

• 24 PoE+ capable ports (backward compatible with PoE) with a total power budget of 340 watt
• 4 Combo Gigabit SFP/UTP ports for uplink redundancy to improve network reliability
• Robust performance with 56 Gbps switching capacity, 41.7 Mpps forwarding rate, 8k MAC address table, and Jumbo frame support up to 9KB
• Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLAN to improve security and efficiency of the network
• QoS with 8 priority queues and rate limiting feature to optimize bandwidth allocation
• Auto Voice VLAN for easy VoIP deployment and better call quality
• Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 support
• A brand-new user interface design which makes configuration and monitoring easier
• Compliant with Switch Management feature of Vigor Router