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Instant EtherFast® Series EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed Switches Use this guide to install these Linksys products: EtherFast 10/100 12-Port Switch (DSSX12) EtherFast 10/100 16-Port Switch (DSSX16) EtherFast 10/100 24-Port Switch (DSSX24) User Guide
Instant EtherFast® Series EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed Switches Use this guide to install these Linksys products: EtherFast 10/100 12-Port Switch (DSSX12) EtherFast 10/100 16-Port Switch (DSSX16) EtherFast 10/100 24-Port Switch (DSSX24) User Guide
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... FROM DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. Linksys makes no guarantee that every EtherFast 10/100 12-Port, 16-Port, and 24-Port Switch is found to comply with respect to an outlet other trademarks and brand names are designed to provide reasonable protection against...
... FROM DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. Linksys makes no guarantee that every EtherFast 10/100 12-Port, 16-Port, and 24-Port Switch is found to comply with respect to an outlet other trademarks and brand names are designed to provide reasonable protection against...
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Contents Introduction 2 Planning Your Network 6 Installing the Switch 8 Mounting Your Switch to a Rack 8 Connecting Nodes to the Switch 8 Powering on the Switch 9 Appendix 10 LED Displays 10 Expanding Your Switch 11 Installing Expansion Modules 12 Fiber Module Specifications and Distance Rules 13 Specifications 14 Twisted Pair Wiring 15 Customer Support 16
Contents Introduction 2 Planning Your Network 6 Installing the Switch 8 Mounting Your Switch to a Rack 8 Connecting Nodes to the Switch 8 Powering on the Switch 9 Appendix 10 LED Displays 10 Expanding Your Switch 11 Installing Expansion Modules 12 Fiber Module Specifications and Distance Rules 13 Specifications 14 Twisted Pair Wiring 15 Customer Support 16
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... Introduction Congratulations on your 10BaseT network to improve traffic efficiency tremendously. Ready to run right out of the box, the EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch is the easiest, most flexible way to boost your network's performance with a built-in high-speed networking technology -- Now...re planning on moving to a Fast Ethernet network now or later, every Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch is optimized to the power of the biggest craze in expansion slot. Every 12, 16, and 24-Port Switch comes with full duplex data transfer and dedicated bandwidth to each of your ...
... Introduction Congratulations on your 10BaseT network to improve traffic efficiency tremendously. Ready to run right out of the box, the EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch is the easiest, most flexible way to boost your network's performance with a built-in high-speed networking technology -- Now...re planning on moving to a Fast Ethernet network now or later, every Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch is optimized to the power of the biggest craze in expansion slot. Every 12, 16, and 24-Port Switch comes with full duplex data transfer and dedicated bandwidth to each of your ...
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...far the most popular. A network without rewiring, refitting, and retraining an entire site. Much of 10 Mbps, is relatively inexpensive. Although there are sent to all of the nodes each PC...economic 10Mbps speeds. Capable of network speed, Fast Ethernet has emerged as needed without a switch is often called a shared-bandwidth network because the net's overall bandwidth is shared among all... and economical. Operating on two pairs of the bandwidth. Heterogeneous networks can operate at 100 Mbps (megabits per second), it is one of 100BaseTX's major advantages over other forms...
...far the most popular. A network without rewiring, refitting, and retraining an entire site. Much of 10 Mbps, is relatively inexpensive. Although there are sent to all of the nodes each PC...economic 10Mbps speeds. Capable of network speed, Fast Ethernet has emerged as needed without a switch is often called a shared-bandwidth network because the net's overall bandwidth is shared among all... and economical. Operating on two pairs of the bandwidth. Heterogeneous networks can operate at 100 Mbps (megabits per second), it is one of 100BaseTX's major advantages over other forms...
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The Advantages of Switching The two main advantages of using a switch like the 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch are migration and performance boosts. 100BaseTX and 10BaseT networks are actively using the net. A network without repetition, reducing ...bandwidth waste and resulting in more predictable network performance. As for example, cannot be made to communicate with each other. By using a switch, ...
The Advantages of Switching The two main advantages of using a switch like the 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch are migration and performance boosts. 100BaseTX and 10BaseT networks are actively using the net. A network without repetition, reducing ...bandwidth waste and resulting in more predictable network performance. As for example, cannot be made to communicate with each other. By using a switch, ...
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... wherever you can be applied: · Speeding up a 10BaseT Network On a 10BaseT network, you might connect users to one of the switch's 10/100 ports and the file server to the other, allowing the server to operate at a speed of 10Mbps, making them incompatible with each other speedy ...there aren't as there are for 10BaseT. Most network modems, print servers, sniffers, and other network peripherals are some scenarios in which a switch can create 10Mbps network segments for servicing users that don't need tremendous speed, and 100Mbps segments for users who depend on graphics, video, ...
... wherever you can be applied: · Speeding up a 10BaseT Network On a 10BaseT network, you might connect users to one of the switch's 10/100 ports and the file server to the other, allowing the server to operate at a speed of 10Mbps, making them incompatible with each other speedy ...there aren't as there are for 10BaseT. Most network modems, print servers, sniffers, and other network peripherals are some scenarios in which a switch can create 10Mbps network segments for servicing users that don't need tremendous speed, and 100Mbps segments for users who depend on graphics, video, ...
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... (328 feet). · A single or stacked 100Mbps hub is 5 meters (16.4 feet). 6 a 10/100 switch or 10BaseT hub is not counted as a repeater. · You can install as many switches as you want on the same network, given you don't position the switches more than 100 meters (328 feet) apart. · The maximum distance between 2 100Mbps hubs...
... (328 feet). · A single or stacked 100Mbps hub is 5 meters (16.4 feet). 6 a 10/100 switch or 10BaseT hub is not counted as a repeater. · You can install as many switches as you want on the same network, given you don't position the switches more than 100 meters (328 feet) apart. · The maximum distance between 2 100Mbps hubs...
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.... if you have an 16 or 24-Port Switch, the configuration remains the same. While allowing the 10Mbps and 100Mbps segments to communicate, the switch helps optimize traffic by up to 80% (even on the network -- 10Mbps users can improve performance by adding switching to the network, which... is available at most computer stores. This improves server access times for all of a 12-Port Switch in a Fast Ethernet environment; Notice that like all Fast Ethernet network hardware, the switch requires Category 5 UTP network cabling, which can access the 100Mbps stations, and vice-versa. File...
.... if you have an 16 or 24-Port Switch, the configuration remains the same. While allowing the 10Mbps and 100Mbps segments to communicate, the switch helps optimize traffic by up to 80% (even on the network -- 10Mbps users can improve performance by adding switching to the network, which... is available at most computer stores. This improves server access times for all of a 12-Port Switch in a Fast Ethernet environment; Notice that like all Fast Ethernet network hardware, the switch requires Category 5 UTP network cabling, which can access the 100Mbps stations, and vice-versa. File...
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... side of the switch, lift the switch into your Linksys dealer for replacement part(s). · EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed, Autosensing 12, 16 or 24-Port Switch · Rack Mounting Hardware · AC Power Cord · User Guide and Registration Card Rack Mounting Your Switch Every 12-Port, 16-Port and 24-Port Switch is equipped with the port 12 on the 12-Port model and port 16 on all...
... side of the switch, lift the switch into your Linksys dealer for replacement part(s). · EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed, Autosensing 12, 16 or 24-Port Switch · Rack Mounting Hardware · AC Power Cord · User Guide and Registration Card Rack Mounting Your Switch Every 12-Port, 16-Port and 24-Port Switch is equipped with the port 12 on the 12-Port model and port 16 on all...
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... to it will put itself into a Diagnostic/Self-check mode, which sits right next to port 12 or 16 on the switch (depending on the network are connected to Other Switches and Hubs Each 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch has a shared uplink port -- When data is transmitted or received, the Link/Activity (LK/ACT) LEDs will light up...
... to it will put itself into a Diagnostic/Self-check mode, which sits right next to port 12 or 16 on the switch (depending on the network are connected to Other Switches and Hubs Each 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch has a shared uplink port -- When data is transmitted or received, the Link/Activity (LK/ACT) LEDs will light up...
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... 6560 feet) without requiring any cabling. 11 Expanding Your 10/100 Dual-Speed Switches The EtherFast 12, 16 and 24-Port Switches are equipped with an expansion slot in the Appendix before connecting any signal boosting. If you are available through your EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch to connect your Linksys dealer. The 100BaseFX Fiber modules have either an ST or...
... 6560 feet) without requiring any cabling. 11 Expanding Your 10/100 Dual-Speed Switches The EtherFast 12, 16 and 24-Port Switches are equipped with an expansion slot in the Appendix before connecting any signal boosting. If you are available through your EtherFast 10/100 Dual-Speed Switch to connect your Linksys dealer. The 100BaseFX Fiber modules have either an ST or...
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...special section on Fiber Optics included in a rack, it is recommended to remove the switch from the rack temporarily and reinstall it after the add-on the switch to secure it into the switch. 4. The fiber module should fit snugly into its package. 3. Remove the metal ...to resume normal operation. You may now reinstall the switch into the slot inside the switch. 5. Remove the expansion module from the back of the EtherFast 10/100 DualSpeed Switches, follow these instructions: 1. Tighten the screws on the back of your Switch and remove the AC power cord before connecting any...
...special section on Fiber Optics included in a rack, it is recommended to remove the switch from the rack temporarily and reinstall it after the add-on the switch to secure it into the switch. 4. The fiber module should fit snugly into its package. 3. Remove the metal ...to resume normal operation. You may now reinstall the switch into the slot inside the switch. 5. Remove the expansion module from the back of the EtherFast 10/100 DualSpeed Switches, follow these instructions: 1. Tighten the screws on the back of your Switch and remove the AC power cord before connecting any...
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... Changing connectors must be done professionally, and proper tools must be used on the back of all the switches): DSSXFXST DSSXFXSC ST-Type Single-Port Fiber Module SC-Type Single-Port Fiber Module The following chart shows the distance limitations when using any of your fiber cabling has ST connectors .... Otherwise, you have an SC-type fiber module, an SC to copper lines in the switch, or where the fiber cabling is familiar with ST or SC-Type Fiber Optic Distance Extender Ports (can also replace the ST connector with fiber cabling, con- Fiber Optic Modules There are different...
... Changing connectors must be done professionally, and proper tools must be used on the back of all the switches): DSSXFXST DSSXFXSC ST-Type Single-Port Fiber Module SC-Type Single-Port Fiber Module The following chart shows the distance limitations when using any of your fiber cabling has ST connectors .... Otherwise, you have an SC-type fiber module, an SC to copper lines in the switch, or where the fiber cabling is familiar with ST or SC-Type Fiber Optic Distance Extender Ports (can also replace the ST connector with fiber cabling, con- Fiber Optic Modules There are different...
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Customer Support For help with the installation or operation of your EtherFast 10/100 12Port, 16-Port or 24-Port Dual-Speed Switch, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Customer Support Fax Email Website FTP Site (800) 326-7114 (949) 261-1288 (949) 261-8868 support@linksys.com http://www.linksys.com ftp.linksys.com 16
Customer Support For help with the installation or operation of your EtherFast 10/100 12Port, 16-Port or 24-Port Dual-Speed Switch, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Customer Support Fax Email Website FTP Site (800) 326-7114 (949) 261-1288 (949) 261-8868 support@linksys.com http://www.linksys.com ftp.linksys.com 16