Foundry Networks is a network system vendor selling high-end managed ethernet switches. The company was found in 1996 and is based in San Jose, USA. Turnover for the year ended 31 December 2004 was USD$409.1 million. It has been suggested that networking be merged into this article or section. ... Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Token ring, FDDI, PPP RS-232, EIA-422, RS-449, EIA-485, 10BASE2, 10BASE-T... Ethernet (this name comes from the physical concept of ether) is a frame based computer networking technology for local area networks (LANs). ... Electrical switches. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... San José – or its anglicised form San Jose – is the Spanish for Saint Joseph. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States dollar, or American dollar, is the official currency of the United States. ...

The main business of Foundry Networks are High-quality Layer 2 and Layer 3 Network devices for Enterprise Applications (e.g. VoIP/PoE) as well as Service Provider applications. Since 2002 the Layer 4-7 (content switching) devices for High-available ISP-Networks are also forced. Foundry Networks is the first manufactor who has built 10Gb single connectors in its boxes (since 2003). Voice over IP (also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, and has also been branded Digital Phone) is the routing of voice conversations over the Internet or any other IP network. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The latest inovation are the Access-Router with WAN capability offered on the open market.

External link

• Foundry Networks' official website