IC3648 is an excellent enterprise or SME network edge aggregator switch. It is a layer 2+ managed switch with very simple and straightforward installation procedure for any end users. Just plug in the network connections (10, 100 Mbps) and you will be up and running within minutes. IC3648 switch automatically negotiates the best speed, duplex (full or half) and wiring (Auto-Uplink) for optimal performance. All 48 ports RJ45, 4 ports Giga RJ45 and shared 2 port of fiber optics are all runtime swappable. IC3648 fits perfectly in SME, corporate edge network, small to mid-size business workgroup network. Built around a very sophisticated single-chip architecture, the IC3648 delivers true non-blocking, wire-speed performance on all ports with transport capability to deliver in real-time deliver bulk data from multimedia, file transfer, image and video information. The IC3648 gives you flexible choices of either copper cable or fiber optical cable on ports G0 to G3 to uplink to core or backbone network. Using SFP MiniGBIC modules you can connect the network to a fiber optical network backbone, or extend the transmission distance with the use of single-mode or multi-mode Gigabit fiber cables.