With the advent of the Live-GSH5T all Gigabit switch, the foundation to build a high performance and affordable all Gigabit network for your home and office is realized Equipped with 5 copper based Gigabit ports and a high performance switching engine, the Live-GSH5T connect your computers and network device at the sensational 1000Mbps speed. Sharing files and multi-media device over network is just as fast as using your own PC. Best of all, it uses the same Cat.5 cable and is compatible with all the 10/100Mbps devices. In the age of digital media, the computer has become the storage center for DV, DVD video, and digital pictures. Furthermore, the majority of the worldwide TV format will turn to HDTV and other digital standard in the next few years. The demand for faster network should increase dramatically. Gigabit Ethernet will make playing DVD quality video over the network a reality. In addition, copy Gigabytes of data over network will no longer be a time consuming process. With the Live Series Gigabit Ethernet switch, building a network capable of fast large file sharing and real time play back of high quality audio/video is simple and affordable.