With its featured Gigabit ports the TL-SG108 is a great solution to enhance your network capacity, enabling instant large files sharing. In turn providing users the ability in the home, office, workgroup, or creative production environment to move large, bandwidth-intensive files faster. The TP-Link TL-SG108 transfers graphics, CGI, CAD, or multimedia files across the network instantly. When a computer or network equipment is off, the corresponding port of a traditional switch will continue to consume considerable amounts of power. With its energy efficient technology the TL-SG108 can automatically detect the link status of each port and reduce the power consumption of ports that are idle, resulting in up to reduction in power use. The TL-SG108 uses the same amount of power regardless of cable length. The TL-SG108 is hassle free, due to its plug and play features - no configuring is required. Each port adjusts for compatibility depending on the link speed of a network device for optimal performance.