Short Take: Gigabit start-up offers new switch modules

Gigabit start-up Packet Engines, recently acquired by Alcatel, announced that a new 6-port module for the company's PowerRail 5200 networking switch allows the device to support up to 73 gigabit-speed Ethernet ports. The company also rolled out plans to support packet-over-SONET technology within its PowerRail family of switches, with a new module due by the end of the year.

Jan. 2, 2002 4:43 p.m. PT

Gigabit start-up , recently acquired by Alcatel, announced that a new 6-port module for the company's PowerRail 5200 networking switch allows the device to support up to 73 gigabit-speed Ethernet ports. The company also rolled out plans to support packet-over-SONET technology within its PowerRail family of switches, with a new module due by the end of the year.