Cisco Catalyst 2950 Series LRE WS-C2950ST-8-LRE 8 Port Switch

Cisco’s Long Reach Ethernet switches meet the demands of high bandwidth applications while leveraging existing copper wiring infrastructures. Catalyst ® 2950 Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE) Series switches enable enterprise and service provider customers to extend intelligent Ethernet services over existing phone and legacy wiring, at distances of up to 5000 feet.

Cisco is the only company with the breadth of technologies that allow customers to deliver intelligent network services across any combination of wired and wireless infrastructures. The Cisco Catalyst 2950 LRE solution delivers cost-effective, high-performance broadband access to enterprise campus environments and multi-tenant buildings (such as, hotels, apartment buildings, and office buildings). The Cisco LRE technology dramatically extends the reach of Ethernet up to 5,000 feet over existing Category 1/2/3 wiring at speeds from 2 to 15 Mbps symmetric. LRE co-exists on the same medium as Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), digital telephone, and ISDN traffic, and co-exists with asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) in the same wire bundle, allowing service providers to provision LRE to buildings where broadband services already exist.