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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE III PURPOSE III TERMS/USAGE III OVERVIEW OF THIS USER'S GUIDE IV INTRODUCTION 1 FAST ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY 1 SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY 2 FEATURES 4 UNPACKING AND SETUP 7 UNPACKING 7 SETUP 7 IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS 9 FRONT PANEL 9 REAR PANEL 10 LED INDICATORS 12 CONNECTING THE SWITCH 13 PC TO SWITCH 13 HUB TO SWITCH 14 A. 10BASE-T Hub 14 B. 100BASE-TX Hub 15 HUB WITHOUT UPLINK (MDI-II) PORT 15 i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE III PURPOSE III TERMS/USAGE III OVERVIEW OF THIS USER'S GUIDE IV INTRODUCTION 1 FAST ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY 1 SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY 2 FEATURES 4 UNPACKING AND SETUP 7 UNPACKING 7 SETUP 7 IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS 9 FRONT PANEL 9 REAR PANEL 10 LED INDICATORS 12 CONNECTING THE SWITCH 13 PC TO SWITCH 13 HUB TO SWITCH 14 A. 10BASE-T Hub 14 B. 100BASE-TX Hub 15 HUB WITHOUT UPLINK (MDI-II) PORT 15 i
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Using straight cable 15 B. Using crossover cable 15 SWITCH TO SWITCH (OTHER DEVICES 16 A. Using straight cable 16 B. Using crossover cable 16 PORT SPEED & DUPLEX MODE 17 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 19 RJ-45 PIN SPECIFICATION 21 ii A.
Using straight cable 15 B. Using crossover cable 15 SWITCH TO SWITCH (OTHER DEVICES 16 A. Using straight cable 16 B. Using crossover cable 16 PORT SPEED & DUPLEX MODE 17 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 19 RJ-45 PIN SPECIFICATION 21 ii A.
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... configure the following models of the Switch: § 5-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch § 8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch The functionality of both units is identical, except for the number of the 5/8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch. Purpose This manual discusses how to install your 5/8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch, and "switch" (first letter lower case) refers to your 5/8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch. Terms/Usage In this guide...
... configure the following models of the Switch: § 5-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch § 8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch The functionality of both units is identical, except for the number of the 5/8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch. Purpose This manual discusses how to install your 5/8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch, and "switch" (first letter lower case) refers to your 5/8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch. Terms/Usage In this guide...
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... and LED indicators of the Switch. Lists the technical (general, physical and environmental, and performance) specifications of the Switch. iv Appendix A, Technical Specifications. Describes the Switch and its features. Describes the RJ-45 receptacle/connector and the straight and crossover cable connector. Appendix B, RJ-45 Pin Specification. Helps you can connect the Switch to your Ethernet network. Overview of the Switch. Chapter 2, Unpacking and Setup.
... and LED indicators of the Switch. Lists the technical (general, physical and environmental, and performance) specifications of the Switch. iv Appendix A, Technical Specifications. Describes the Switch and its features. Describes the RJ-45 receptacle/connector and the straight and crossover cable connector. Appendix B, RJ-45 Pin Specification. Helps you can connect the Switch to your Ethernet network. Overview of the Switch. Chapter 2, Unpacking and Setup.
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.... A switch bridge Ethernet packets at the MAC address level of switching technology. Switching Technology Another approach to pushing beyond the limits of Ethernet technology is multiplied, while still maintaining the same network cabling and adapter cards. 2 The switch, without interfering with each other for network transmission capacity. By doing this the total network capacity is the development of the Ethernet protocol transmitting among connected Ethernet or Fast Ethernet LAN...
.... A switch bridge Ethernet packets at the MAC address level of switching technology. Switching Technology Another approach to pushing beyond the limits of Ethernet technology is multiplied, while still maintaining the same network cabling and adapter cards. 2 The switch, without interfering with each other for network transmission capacity. By doing this the total network capacity is the development of the Ethernet protocol transmitting among connected Ethernet or Fast Ethernet LAN...
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.... A switch can be used to segment local area networks, but the cost of the network into different collision domains, making it possible to most kinds of local area network congestion problems. 3 Routers have also been used to split parts of a router, the setup and maintenance required make routers relatively impractical. Switches supporting both traditional 10Mbps Ethernet and 100Mbps Fast Ethernet are an ideal solution to expand your Fast Ethernet network...
.... A switch can be used to segment local area networks, but the cost of the network into different collision domains, making it possible to most kinds of local area network congestion problems. 3 Routers have also been used to split parts of a router, the setup and maintenance required make routers relatively impractical. Switches supporting both traditional 10Mbps Ethernet and 100Mbps Fast Ethernet are an ideal solution to expand your Fast Ethernet network...
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... planning to upgrade to Fast Ethernet in an environment where traffic on the network and the number of user increase continuously. As all ports support 200Mbps, the Switches can be cascaded from any port and to a rapidly growing network through a wide range of switches. moreover, they provide immediate access to any port can provide workstations with their small, compact size were specifically designed for simultaneous access to middle...
... planning to upgrade to Fast Ethernet in an environment where traffic on the network and the number of user increase continuously. As all ports support 200Mbps, the Switches can be cascaded from any port and to a rapidly growing network through a wide range of switches. moreover, they provide immediate access to any port can provide workstations with their small, compact size were specifically designed for simultaneous access to middle...
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... packet loss. Store and forward switching scheme capability. NWay Auto-negotiation for each port, while controlling the data flow between the transmit and receive nodes to ensure that offers solutions in your network connections. 5 The Switches combine dynamic memory allocation with automatic and flexible solutions in accelerating small Ethernet workgroup bandwidth. The Switches are : Uplink/ MDI-II (media dependent interface) port for auto-sensing of complete frame checking and error frame...
... packet loss. Store and forward switching scheme capability. NWay Auto-negotiation for each port, while controlling the data flow between the transmit and receive nodes to ensure that offers solutions in your network connections. 5 The Switches combine dynamic memory allocation with automatic and flexible solutions in accelerating small Ethernet workgroup bandwidth. The Switches are : Uplink/ MDI-II (media dependent interface) port for auto-sensing of complete frame checking and error frame...
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... active MAC address entry table per port with self-learning and table-aging for 8-port model. 1 MB RAM buffer per device for 5-port model, 512 KB RAM buffer per port is at wire-speed for 100Mbps speed. This minimizes dropped packets by sending out collision signals when the port's receiving buffer is only available in half duplex mode. Flow control for 8-port model. 6 Note that flow control is full. Data filtering rate eliminates all error packets...
... active MAC address entry table per port with self-learning and table-aging for 8-port model. 1 MB RAM buffer per device for 5-port model, 512 KB RAM buffer per port is at wire-speed for 100Mbps speed. This minimizes dropped packets by sending out collision signals when the port's receiving buffer is only available in half duplex mode. Flow control for 8-port model. 6 Note that flow control is full. Data filtering rate eliminates all error packets...
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Setup The setup of the Switch and carefully unpacks its contents. Unpacking Open the shipping cartons of the Switch can be performed using the following items: One 5-port or 8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch One external power adapter This User's Guide If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement. UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Switch. 7 The carton should contain the following steps: The surface must support at least 1.5 Kg for the Switches.
Setup The setup of the Switch and carefully unpacks its contents. Unpacking Open the shipping cartons of the Switch can be performed using the following items: One 5-port or 8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch One external power adapter This User's Guide If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement. UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Switch. 7 The carton should contain the following steps: The surface must support at least 1.5 Kg for the Switches.
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MDI-X Jacks: Use these jacks to connect stations to the hub. These are MDI-X (Medium-Dependent Interface, Cross-wired) jacks, which mean, you can use ordinary straight-through an external AC power adapter. Since the switch does not include a power switch, plugging its power adapter into a power outlet will immediately power it on. Rear Panel 5-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch 8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch DC Power Jack: Power is supplied through twisted-pair cables 10 Check the technical specification section for information about the AC power input voltage.
MDI-X Jacks: Use these jacks to connect stations to the hub. These are MDI-X (Medium-Dependent Interface, Cross-wired) jacks, which mean, you can use ordinary straight-through an external AC power adapter. Since the switch does not include a power switch, plugging its power adapter into a power outlet will immediately power it on. Rear Panel 5-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch 8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch DC Power Jack: Power is supplied through twisted-pair cables 10 Check the technical specification section for information about the AC power input voltage.
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... an Ethernet switch, you can connect the hub to a device with a MDI-X port using the MDI-II jack (described below). This is MDI-II (Mediumdependent Interface, straight-wired) jack, which means you should use a crossover cable, or make the connection using an ordinary straight-through them. Uplink Jack(s) (MDI-II): Use this jack to connect stations to the hub. For more information about crossover connections. to connect user...
... an Ethernet switch, you can connect the hub to a device with a MDI-X port using the MDI-II jack (described below). This is MDI-II (Mediumdependent Interface, straight-wired) jack, which means you should use a crossover cable, or make the connection using an ordinary straight-through them. Uplink Jack(s) (MDI-II): Use this jack to connect stations to the hub. For more information about crossover connections. to connect user...
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... occurring on the respective port. 100M Link/Activity,10M Link/Activity (100M LINK/ACT(green), 10LINK/ACT(amber)) This indicator light green when the port is off. Otherwise, it is connected to a 10Mbps Ethernet station, if the indicator blinking amber will be transmissing or received data on the 100Mbps network. LED Indicators Power Indicator (PWR) This indicator lights green when the hub is receiving power, otherwise, it is in full duplex (FDX) mode.
... occurring on the respective port. 100M Link/Activity,10M Link/Activity (100M LINK/ACT(green), 10LINK/ACT(amber)) This indicator light green when the port is off. Otherwise, it is connected to a 10Mbps Ethernet station, if the indicator blinking amber will be transmissing or received data on the 100Mbps network. LED Indicators Power Indicator (PWR) This indicator lights green when the hub is receiving power, otherwise, it is in full duplex (FDX) mode.
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... 8-port model. The following figures, the 8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch is shown; CONNECTING THE SWITCH This chapter describes how to connect the Switch to any of the following are applied to the 5 -port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch. PC to Switch A PC can be connected to your Fast Ethernet network. If LED indicators are not light after making a proper connection, check the PC LAN card, the cable, the Switch conditions and connections.
... 8-port model. The following figures, the 8-port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch is shown; CONNECTING THE SWITCH This chapter describes how to connect the Switch to any of the following are applied to the 5 -port 10/100M NWay Fast Ethernet Switch. PC to Switch A PC can be connected to your Fast Ethernet network. If LED indicators are not light after making a proper connection, check the PC LAN card, the cable, the Switch conditions and connections.
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... LED indicator is OFF. 2. 100LINK/ACT, 10LINK/ACT LED indicator is accomplished from the hub uplink (MDI-II) port to the Switch via a two-pair Category 3, 4, 5 UTP/STP straight cable. A. 10BASE-T Hub For a 10BASE-T hub, the Switch LED indicators should light up as the following: 1. The connection is light amber. 14 The 100LINK/ACT,10LINK/ACT LED indicator light green for hookup to 100Mbps speed or light amber for fullduplex or half-duplex...
... LED indicator is OFF. 2. 100LINK/ACT, 10LINK/ACT LED indicator is accomplished from the hub uplink (MDI-II) port to the Switch via a two-pair Category 3, 4, 5 UTP/STP straight cable. A. 10BASE-T Hub For a 10BASE-T hub, the Switch LED indicators should light up as the following: 1. The connection is light amber. 14 The 100LINK/ACT,10LINK/ACT LED indicator light green for hookup to 100Mbps speed or light amber for fullduplex or half-duplex...
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... using either straight cable or crossover cable. Using straight cable When using crossover cable, the connection can be made from any ports of the Switch to any port of the Hub. Using crossover cable When using straight cable, the connection can be made from the uplink (MDI-II) port of the Switch to any port of the Hub. 15 A. Hub without Uplink (MDI-II) port If a hub is light green. B. 100BASE-TX Hub For a 100BASE-TX hub, the Switch LED indicators should light...
... using either straight cable or crossover cable. Using straight cable When using crossover cable, the connection can be made from any ports of the Switch to any port of the Hub. Using crossover cable When using straight cable, the connection can be made from the uplink (MDI-II) port of the Switch to any port of the Hub. 15 A. Hub without Uplink (MDI-II) port If a hub is light green. B. 100BASE-TX Hub For a 100BASE-TX hub, the Switch LED indicators should light...
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...,10LINK/ACT LED indicator light green for hookup to 100Mbps speed or light amber for full-duplex or half-duplex 16 Using straight cable When using crossover cable, this is done from the uplink (MDI-II) port of the Switch (Switch A) to 10Mbps speed. 2. B. A. Switch to Switch (other devices) The Switch can be connected to any of the 10Mbps, 100Mbps (MDI-X) port of the other switch (switch B) or other devices. 1. Using crossover cable When using straight cable, this...
...,10LINK/ACT LED indicator light green for hookup to 100Mbps speed or light amber for full-duplex or half-duplex 16 Using straight cable When using crossover cable, this is done from the uplink (MDI-II) port of the Switch (Switch A) to 10Mbps speed. 2. B. A. Switch to Switch (other devices) The Switch can be connected to any of the 10Mbps, 100Mbps (MDI-X) port of the other switch (switch B) or other devices. 1. Using crossover cable When using straight cable, this...
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Port Speed & Duplex Mode After plugging the selected cable to a specific port, the system uses auto-negotiation to determine the transmission mode for any new twisted-pair connection: If the attached device does not support autonegotiation or has auto-negotiation disabled, an auto-sensing process is initiated to select the speed and set the duplex mode to half-duplex. 17
Port Speed & Duplex Mode After plugging the selected cable to a specific port, the system uses auto-negotiation to determine the transmission mode for any new twisted-pair connection: If the attached device does not support autonegotiation or has auto-negotiation disabled, an auto-sensing process is initiated to select the speed and set the duplex mode to half-duplex. 17
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards Protocol Data Transfer Rate Topology IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet IEEE 802.3u 100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3 NWay auto-negotiation CSMA/CD Ethernet: 10Mbps (half duplex), 20Mbps (full duplex) Fast Ethernet: 100Mbps (half duplex), 200Mbps (full duplex) Star General Network Cables Number of Ports Uplink Port 10BASET: 2-pair UTP Cat. 3,4,5 (100 m), EIA/TIA568 100-ohm STP (100 m) 100BASE-TX: 2-pair UTP Cat. 5 (100 m), EIA...
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards Protocol Data Transfer Rate Topology IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet IEEE 802.3u 100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3 NWay auto-negotiation CSMA/CD Ethernet: 10Mbps (half duplex), 20Mbps (full duplex) Fast Ethernet: 100Mbps (half duplex), 200Mbps (full duplex) Star General Network Cables Number of Ports Uplink Port 10BASET: 2-pair UTP Cat. 3,4,5 (100 m), EIA/TIA568 100-ohm STP (100 m) 100BASE-TX: 2-pair UTP Cat. 5 (100 m), EIA...
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...: 5% ~ 90% 171 x 98 x 29 mm (W x H x D) FCC Class B, CE Mark B, VCCI-II Performance Transmissi Method: RAM Buffer: Filtering Address Table: Packet Filtering/For warding Rate: MAC Address Learning: Store-and-forward 5-port: 1Mbytes per device 8-port: 512Kbytes per device 5-port: Up to 4K entries per device 8-port: Up to 8K entries per device 10Mbps Ethernet: 14,880/pps 100Mbps Fast Ethernet: 148,800/pps Automatic...
...: 5% ~ 90% 171 x 98 x 29 mm (W x H x D) FCC Class B, CE Mark B, VCCI-II Performance Transmissi Method: RAM Buffer: Filtering Address Table: Packet Filtering/For warding Rate: MAC Address Learning: Store-and-forward 5-port: 1Mbytes per device 8-port: 512Kbytes per device 5-port: Up to 4K entries per device 8-port: Up to 8K entries per device 10Mbps Ethernet: 14,880/pps 100Mbps Fast Ethernet: 148,800/pps Automatic...