Unmanaged and Managed Industrial Ethernet Switches for Every Application:

Ethernet/IP stands for "Ethernet Industrial Protocol." It is an open industrial networking standard that takes advantage of commercial, off-the-shelf Ethernet communication chips and physical media. EtherNet/IP technology has evolved due to the high demand for Ethernet control applications. This standard also stems from the control industries' need for interoperability among various Ethernet control products.

Ethernet/IP is an open network because it uses standard Ethernet IEEE 802.3, TCP/IP protocol suite, and CIP (Common Industrial Protocol), the real-time I/O and information protocol that DeviceNet and ControlNet networks use.

For small Ethernet networks, Weed Instrument offers the EOTec 2000 series of unmanaged Ethernet switched media converters and unmanaged switches. For networks that require ring redundancy, we offer the economical the EOTec 2104 Ethernet Ring Switch. For more complex networks we provide the Lynx light to fully managed series of switches, and the R200 and T200 fully managed Ethernet switches.