Enterasys Networks award-winning X-Pedition family represents a new generation of switch routing solutions that delivers true end-to-end performance to today's mission-critical enterprises. Providing a key link from the backbone to the desktop, the X-Pedition SSR-2-B128 is the premier application-aware desktop enterprise switch targeted at workgroups. The X-Pedition SSR-2-B128 extends full Layer 2, 3 and 4 switching functionality to the desktop. Designed for the workgroup, the X-Pedition SSR-2-B128 provides high-density, wire speed 10/100/1000 Mbps switching and routing with throughput in excess of 6.0 Mpps. In addition to performance, the X-Pedition SSR-2-B128 provides pinpoint application control and superior routing capacity. The X-Pedition SSR-2-B128 is standards-based and provides seamless interoperability with previous generations of networking equipment. Finally, the X-Pedition SSR-2-B128 features full Layer 2 switching, full-function routing, and Layer 4 application switching. Layer 4 application switching provides pinpoint control of network traffic through extensive security, port-level accounting and comprehensive quality of service (QoS) - all at the application level, and all without sacrificing wire-speed performance. Powered by custom ASICs, the SSR-2-B128 routes packets at wire speed based on conventional source/destination data and application-level information. This provides network managers with the performance they need, while extending their control to the application level. The SSR-2-B128 is easily configured and managed through NetSight Element Manager, a comprehensive, Java-based network management software. The X-Pedition switch router is fully standards-based and completely interoperable with existing networking equipment.