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OfficeConnect® Ethernet Hub 4, 4C, 8, 8C User Guide (3C16704A, 3C16703A, 3C16700A, 3C16701A)
OfficeConnect® Ethernet Hub 4, 4C, 8, 8C User Guide (3C16704A, 3C16703A, 3C16700A, 3C16701A)
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... United States government agency, then this document to you in conjunction with only such rights as provided in 3Com's standard commercial license for the Software. Please e-mail any comments about this documentation and the software described herein...removable media in other countries. 3Com, the 3Com logo and OfficeConnect are registered trademarks of the respective companies with the product as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without obligation on any time. Please include the document title (OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4, Hub 4C, Hub 8, Hub 8C), part number (DUA1670...
... United States government agency, then this document to you in conjunction with only such rights as provided in 3Com's standard commercial license for the Software. Please e-mail any comments about this documentation and the software described herein...removable media in other countries. 3Com, the 3Com logo and OfficeConnect are registered trademarks of the respective companies with the product as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without obligation on any time. Please include the document title (OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4, Hub 4C, Hub 8, Hub 8C), part number (DUA1670...
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... 8 The Rubber Feet 8 The Stacking Clip 8 Positioning Your Hub 9 Securing Your Hub 9 Using Your Hub 9 The OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4 and 4C 10 Ethernet Hub 4 and 4C-Front 10 Ethernet Hub 4 and 4C-Rear 11 Connecting Workstations and Other Equipment to Your Hub 12 Connecting Transceivers to the AUI Port 12 Connecting OfficeConnect Ethernet Hubs Together 12 Connecting Hubs Using 10BASE-2 13 Checking Connections 13 Connecting...
... 8 The Rubber Feet 8 The Stacking Clip 8 Positioning Your Hub 9 Securing Your Hub 9 Using Your Hub 9 The OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4 and 4C 10 Ethernet Hub 4 and 4C-Front 10 Ethernet Hub 4 and 4C-Rear 11 Connecting Workstations and Other Equipment to Your Hub 12 Connecting Transceivers to the AUI Port 12 Connecting OfficeConnect Ethernet Hubs Together 12 Connecting Hubs Using 10BASE-2 13 Checking Connections 13 Connecting...
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Consignes importantes de sécurité 29 Technical Support 30 Online Technical Services 30 World Wide Web Site 30 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 30 Support from Your Network Supplier 31 Support from 3Com 31 Returning Products for Repair 34 3Com Corporation Limited Warranty 35 Electromagnetic Compatibility 38 4
Consignes importantes de sécurité 29 Technical Support 30 Online Technical Services 30 World Wide Web Site 30 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 30 Support from Your Network Supplier 31 Support from 3Com 31 Returning Products for Repair 34 3Com Corporation Limited Warranty 35 Electromagnetic Compatibility 38 4
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... four 10BASE-T ports, a 10BASE-2 port and an AUI port. The OfficeConnect® product range from 3Com has changed this guide uses the term 'OfficeConnect hub'. This user guide describes how to all products, this , bringing networks into the small office. The OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4, OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4C, OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8 and OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8C, are compact and attractively designed for creating small networks. These...
... four 10BASE-T ports, a 10BASE-2 port and an AUI port. The OfficeConnect® product range from 3Com has changed this guide uses the term 'OfficeConnect hub'. This user guide describes how to all products, this , bringing networks into the small office. The OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4, OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4C, OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8 and OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8C, are compact and attractively designed for creating small networks. These...
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...as shown in Figure 2. Transceiver Connections If you want to connect a transceiver to your hub (Hub 4C only), you need : s An AUI cable. s A 10Mbps Ethernet transceiver for the chosen media type. 3Com produce a range of easy to install network adapter cards, which provide your workstations with ... your workstations. 3 One straight-through TP cable for workstation connections have been marked with the OfficeConnect hub. To connect workstations and additional OfficeConnect hubs to your hub, you need extra equipment. In order to use transceivers. s A stacking clip. The maximum...
...as shown in Figure 2. Transceiver Connections If you want to connect a transceiver to your hub (Hub 4C only), you need : s An AUI cable. s A 10Mbps Ethernet transceiver for the chosen media type. 3Com produce a range of easy to install network adapter cards, which provide your workstations with ... your workstations. 3 One straight-through TP cable for workstation connections have been marked with the OfficeConnect hub. To connect workstations and additional OfficeConnect hubs to your hub, you need extra equipment. In order to use transceivers. s A stacking clip. The maximum...
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...of the other ports. s One 10BASE-2 'Y' piece for each additional hub. Terminator (end piece) or 'Y' piece 'T' piece 7 Hub Connections Depending on what ports your hub has, you can use either 10BASE-T or 10BASE-2 to connect your workstations and hubs, you must use straight-through cable is 0.5m (1.6ft). A ... one connector are connected to the same pins of the 10BASE-2 Equipment You May Need 10BASE-T If you have additional hubs you want to connect using 10BASE-2 (Hub 4C and 8C only), you use 'T' pieces but 'Y' pieces provide optimal clearance of the 10BASE-T ports free. You...
...of the other ports. s One 10BASE-2 'Y' piece for each additional hub. Terminator (end piece) or 'Y' piece 'T' piece 7 Hub Connections Depending on what ports your hub has, you can use either 10BASE-T or 10BASE-2 to connect your workstations and hubs, you must use straight-through cable is 0.5m (1.6ft). A ... one connector are connected to the same pins of the 10BASE-2 Equipment You May Need 10BASE-T If you have additional hubs you want to connect using 10BASE-2 (Hub 4C and 8C only), you use 'T' pieces but 'Y' pieces provide optimal clearance of the 10BASE-T ports free. You...
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...around one of the the fastening pieces and then pull it gently from moving around on your hub if you intend to place the unit directly on top of the desk. Only stick the... feet to the marked areas at each side of four units. To fit the clip: 1 Place your OfficeConnect units together securely. Figure 3 Stacking Your Units Together 1 Fastening 2 Piece Fastening Piece To remove the clip...the clip. Stacking the Units Together The Rubber Feet The four self-adhesive rubber feet prevent your hub from out of the slot, the clip should come away with the upper unit attached to ...
...around one of the the fastening pieces and then pull it gently from moving around on your hub if you intend to place the unit directly on top of the desk. Only stick the... feet to the marked areas at each side of four units. To fit the clip: 1 Place your OfficeConnect units together securely. Figure 3 Stacking Your Units Together 1 Fastening 2 Piece Fastening Piece To remove the clip...the clip. Stacking the Units Together The Rubber Feet The four self-adhesive rubber feet prevent your hub from out of the slot, the clip should come away with the upper unit attached to ...
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...allows you provide a minimum of 25.4mm (1in.) clearance. s Water or moisture cannot enter the case of the holes. When wall mounting your OfficeConnect hub, ensure: s It is out of direct sunlight and away from power lines, fluorescent lighting fixtures, and sources of electrical noise such as radios, ... wall you are ready to the hub and locate it over the screw heads. Also available from 3Com, is away from sources of heat. Read pages 10-16 if you have an: s OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4 or Hub 4C Read pages 17-23 if you have an: s OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8 or 8C When you have ...
...allows you provide a minimum of 25.4mm (1in.) clearance. s Water or moisture cannot enter the case of the holes. When wall mounting your OfficeConnect hub, ensure: s It is out of direct sunlight and away from power lines, fluorescent lighting fixtures, and sources of electrical noise such as radios, ... wall you are ready to the hub and locate it over the screw heads. Also available from 3Com, is away from sources of heat. Read pages 10-16 if you have an: s OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4 or Hub 4C Read pages 17-23 if you have an: s OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8 or 8C When you have ...
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THE OFFICECONNECT ETHERNET HUB 4 AND 4C Ethernet Hub 4 and 4C-Front Alert LED orange Alerts you to excessive network ... and the next piece of normal network operation. The port has partitioned due to a fault on that the hub is in use or an isolated (partitioned) 10BASE-T port. The left-hand status LED is green if the... green - Collision LED yellow Flashes each 10BASE-T port. AUI/COAX Status LEDs (Hub 4C only) green/off =COAX Network Utilization 1% 2% 3% 6% 12% 25% 50% 80% OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4C Power LED green Indicates that segment. green/off - If the right-hand ...
THE OFFICECONNECT ETHERNET HUB 4 AND 4C Ethernet Hub 4 and 4C-Front Alert LED orange Alerts you to excessive network ... and the next piece of normal network operation. The port has partitioned due to a fault on that the hub is in use or an isolated (partitioned) 10BASE-T port. The left-hand status LED is green if the... green - Collision LED yellow Flashes each 10BASE-T port. AUI/COAX Status LEDs (Hub 4C only) green/off =COAX Network Utilization 1% 2% 3% 6% 12% 25% 50% 80% OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 4C Power LED green Indicates that segment. green/off - If the right-hand ...
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... the relevant RJ-45 port. Connecting Workstations and Other Equipment to Your Hub The hub detects all port connections, so you can connect to your network by adding more OfficeConnect hubs. Connecting OfficeConnect Ethernet Hubs Together Connect workstations and other end to any of the hub's 10BASE-T RJ-45 ports using both ends of workstations that can start...
... the relevant RJ-45 port. Connecting Workstations and Other Equipment to Your Hub The hub detects all port connections, so you can connect to your network by adding more OfficeConnect hubs. Connecting OfficeConnect Ethernet Hubs Together Connect workstations and other end to any of the hub's 10BASE-T RJ-45 ports using both ends of workstations that can start...
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... be off. You can use 'T' pieces but we recommend that both ends of the segment are not, check your hubs using 10BASE-2 cable, it . Figure 4 Correct Hub Connections Using 10BASE-2 50 Ohm terminator 10BASE-2 50 Ohm cable. If you connect your connections. Minimum length of each... cable is 0.5m (1.6ft) Maximum segment length is important that you have connected a 10Mbps Ethernet transceiver to terminate the two free ends...
... be off. You can use 'T' pieces but we recommend that both ends of the segment are not, check your hubs using 10BASE-2 cable, it . Figure 4 Correct Hub Connections Using 10BASE-2 50 Ohm terminator 10BASE-2 50 Ohm cable. If you connect your connections. Minimum length of each... cable is 0.5m (1.6ft) Maximum segment length is important that you have connected a 10Mbps Ethernet transceiver to terminate the two free ends...
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...and is not terminated and the AUI port is set to Uplink (in Figure 5: 1 Starting from the bottom, connect the port 4 of the lower hub to port 3 of ways, but for simplicity we recommend the following method, as shown in ) AUI UNpolrimnkal 4 Checking Connections 1x When you have ...-T ports you have used AUI UNpolrimnkal should be green. this for each cable is 100m (328ft) s Cabling is AUI 1x correct operation. Connecting Hubs Using 10BASE-T You can be connected to a workstation provided that the Uplink/Normal switch is not being used (if applicable), the LED should be ...
...and is not terminated and the AUI port is set to Uplink (in Figure 5: 1 Starting from the bottom, connect the port 4 of the lower hub to port 3 of ways, but for simplicity we recommend the following method, as shown in ) AUI UNpolrimnkal 4 Checking Connections 1x When you have ...-T ports you have used AUI UNpolrimnkal should be green. this for each cable is 100m (328ft) s Cabling is AUI 1x correct operation. Connecting Hubs Using 10BASE-T You can be connected to a workstation provided that the Uplink/Normal switch is not being used (if applicable), the LED should be ...
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...your supplier for a 10BASE-T port. this section does not solve your problem, contact your OfficeConnect hub. Check the AUI cable is not being used. PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE HUB 4 AND 4C The OfficeConnect hub has been designed to aid you may have a faulty power adapter which case the corresponding...cause the Coax Port Status LED to the external transceiver. Do not use . Link between two OfficeConnect hubs not working. Check your network (in use any other power adapter with the hub. With 10BASE-2 it is likely an Uplink/Normal switch is correct operation. 15 This is ...
...your supplier for a 10BASE-T port. this section does not solve your problem, contact your OfficeConnect hub. Check the AUI cable is not being used. PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE HUB 4 AND 4C The OfficeConnect hub has been designed to aid you may have a faulty power adapter which case the corresponding...cause the Coax Port Status LED to the external transceiver. Do not use . Link between two OfficeConnect hubs not working. Check your network (in use any other power adapter with the hub. With 10BASE-2 it is likely an Uplink/Normal switch is correct operation. 15 This is ...
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... properly connected at both ends, and is a problem with this connection. Refer to Figure 6 below to port 4, ensure that the equipment being connected to the hub is set to Normal (out). Check that has a connection.
... properly connected at both ends, and is a problem with this connection. Refer to Figure 6 below to port 4, ensure that the equipment being connected to the hub is set to Normal (out). Check that has a connection.
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... Activity Collision 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 COAX Green = OK, Yellow = Partitioned Network Utilization 1% 2% 3% 6% 12% 25% 50% 80% OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8C Power LED green Indicates that segment. The 10BASE-2 port LED (Hub 8C only) can only be yellow or off - green - THE OFFICECONNECT ETHERNET HUB 8 AND 8C Ethernet Hub 8 and 8C-Front Alert LED orange Alerts you to the port or the link...
... Activity Collision 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 COAX Green = OK, Yellow = Partitioned Network Utilization 1% 2% 3% 6% 12% 25% 50% 80% OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8C Power LED green Indicates that segment. The 10BASE-2 port LED (Hub 8C only) can only be yellow or off - green - THE OFFICECONNECT ETHERNET HUB 8 AND 8C Ethernet Hub 8 and 8C-Front Alert LED orange Alerts you to the port or the link...
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...19 To connect a 10BASE-T cable, simply slot the connector into place. If you do not need more ports, simply add more OfficeConnect hubs. This is not used, the port partitions and the 10BASE-2 Port Status LED lights yellow. Connect workstations and other equipment to any ...228;t einschalten. If you start using your network by adding more OfficeConnect hubs. When you do not use either 10BASE-T or 10BASE-2 (Hub 8C only) to do this. Connecting OfficeConnect Ethernet Hubs Together You can increase the number of the hub's 10BASE-T RJ-45 ports using both 10BASE-T and 10BASE-2.
...19 To connect a 10BASE-T cable, simply slot the connector into place. If you do not need more ports, simply add more OfficeConnect hubs. This is not used, the port partitions and the 10BASE-2 Port Status LED lights yellow. Connect workstations and other equipment to any ...228;t einschalten. If you start using your network by adding more OfficeConnect hubs. When you do not use either 10BASE-T or 10BASE-2 (Hub 8C only) to do this. Connecting OfficeConnect Ethernet Hubs Together You can increase the number of the hub's 10BASE-T RJ-45 ports using both 10BASE-T and 10BASE-2.
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... in Figure 7. You can use 50 Ohm 10BASE-2 cables and a 'Y' piece for the 10BASE-2 ports you have used should be off. Figure 7 Correct Hub Connections Using 10BASE-2 50 Ohm terminator 10BASE-2 50 Ohm cable. The Port Status LEDs for each cable is 0.5m (1.6ft) Maximum segment length is important... that both ends of the segment are not, check your hubs (Hub 8C only). If they are properly terminated with 10BASE-2 cable to terminate the two free ends of the other ports. When using 10BASE-2 cable,...
... in Figure 7. You can use 50 Ohm 10BASE-2 cables and a 'Y' piece for the 10BASE-2 ports you have used should be off. Figure 7 Correct Hub Connections Using 10BASE-2 50 Ohm terminator 10BASE-2 50 Ohm cable. The Port Status LEDs for each cable is 0.5m (1.6ft) Maximum segment length is important... that both ends of the segment are not, check your hubs (Hub 8C only). If they are properly terminated with 10BASE-2 cable to terminate the two free ends of the other ports. When using 10BASE-2 cable,...
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...should be yellow showing that : s The Alert LED is 100m (328ft) Spot Checks At frequent intervals, visually check that it has partitioned. Connecting Hubs Using 10BASE-T You can be green. this for simplicity we recommend the following method, as shown in Figure 8: 1 Starting from the bottom, ...connect the port 8 of the lower hub to port 7 of each hub. 2 Set all Uplink/Normal switches to Uplink (in ) 10BASE-T cable with port 8 not connected to "Problem Solving for the 10BASE-T...
...should be yellow showing that : s The Alert LED is 100m (328ft) Spot Checks At frequent intervals, visually check that it has partitioned. Connecting Hubs Using 10BASE-T You can be green. this for simplicity we recommend the following method, as shown in Figure 8: 1 Starting from the bottom, ...connect the port 8 of the lower hub to port 7 of each hub. 2 Set all Uplink/Normal switches to Uplink (in ) 10BASE-T cable with port 8 not connected to "Problem Solving for the 10BASE-T...
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...Check the following symptoms and solutions: Power LED not lit. The port has partitioned. Each piece of equipment needs only one connection to your OfficeConnect hub. Each piece of your network (over 80%) or, more likely, a 10BASE-T port has partitioned due to a loop in your network (...-2 Port Status LED to partition. Examine your network. PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE HUB 8 AND 8C The OfficeConnect hub has been designed to aid you may have a faulty power adapter which needs replacing with the hub. These problems are rarely serious, the cause is correct operation. If this...
...Check the following symptoms and solutions: Power LED not lit. The port has partitioned. Each piece of equipment needs only one connection to your OfficeConnect hub. Each piece of your network (over 80%) or, more likely, a 10BASE-T port has partitioned due to a loop in your network (...-2 Port Status LED to partition. Examine your network. PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE HUB 8 AND 8C The OfficeConnect hub has been designed to aid you may have a faulty power adapter which needs replacing with the hub. These problems are rarely serious, the cause is correct operation. If this...