Metro Ethernet Access Switch Supports All Deployment Scenarios

Designers looking to break into the hot metro Ethernet market have a new tool. Accton's ES4826 MetroBox-AS Metro Ethernet access switch supports every deployment scenario, from pure Ethernet access for multitennant units to triple-play service aggregation of Internet Protocol (IP) digital-subscriber-line access multiplexer (DSLAM) and multiservices access network provisioned broadband networks.

For metro access, the ES4826 features L2 switching and L3 routing with both IPv4 and IPv6 unicast and multicast. It supports virtual local-area network and multiprotocol label switching/virtual private local-area network service/hierarchical virtual private local-area...