Linksys Launches New Unmanaged Switches And VPN Routers

Now that Belkin owns the Linksys line of networking gear, they’re returning to the small/medium business marketplace with the release of two new product lines:

Linksys Unmanaged Desktop Switches

The new unmanaged Desktop Gigabit Switches include 5, 8, 16 and 24-port versions and 8, 16 and 24-port versions that include PoE.  Features include:

  • Gigabit speeds
  • Auto-Sensing Ports
  • Power Saving Features including
    • Auto power-down disables unused ports
    • Smart Power for short cable runs
    • Port status switch to control LED lights
  • Quality of Service (QoS) Traffic Prioritization (on 16 and 24-Port only)
  • Power over Ethernet functionality (on PoE versions only) for connecting access points or video surveillance solutions

Linksys Gigabit VPN Routers

The new Linksys LRT series integrates Gigabit firewall, site to site VPN and various remote access VPN technologies into two single solutions.  The LRT Series includes the Gigabit VPN Router and Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router.  These routers feature:

  • 4 Gigabit ports
  • Up to 50 IPSec tunnels
  • Five OpenVPN tunnels
  • Dual-WAN Load Balance and WAN Failover (on LRT244 only)
  • Integrated firewall supporting URL filtering and access rules
  • 802.1q VLAN tagging
  • Port Forwarding, port triggering and Port address translation for 30 devices
  • DMZ Port
  • DHCP Server
  • DNS
  • Plus more features that can be found on the Linksys VPN Router pages

The new Linksys switches will be available this month while the new routers will be available in December. Here’s the lineup:

Linksys Unmanaged Switches

  • LGS105 – MSRP $49.99
  • LGS108 – MSRP $59.99
  • LGS116 – MSRP $179.99
  • LGS124 – MSRP $229.99

Linksys Unmanaged PoE Switches

  • LGS108P – MSRP $179.99
  • LGS116P – MSRP $299.99,
  • LGS124P – MSRP $449.99  Planned for availability by end of November

Linksys VPN Routers

  • LRT214 – MSRP $229.99,  Planned for availability in December
  • LRT224 – MSRP $299.99,  Planned for availability in December

It’s good to see Linksys back in a space that they were big players in for two decades.

 

 

 

 

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