Allied Telesis managed switch AT-8000/8PoE provides nonblocking, wire-speed switching on all ports. The switch offers 10/100Mbps ports for desktop, wireless access point, printer and IP phone connectivity and 10/100/1000Base-T or SFP ports for server or backbone connectivity. It also features broadcast-storm control and full auto-negotiation 10/100 ports which automatically detect speed and duplex modes of attached devices, allowing the switch to automatically configure for the best possible performance. The switch is MDI/MDI-X on all ports for simple connection to other hubs and switches.

Allied Telesis AT-8000/8PoE switch supports Power Over Ethernet (PoE) which reduces the cost and complexity of IP communications and wireless LAN deployments.