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Contents Introduction 2 About Fast Ethernet 3 Planning Your Network 4 Installing the Hub 5 LED Indicators 6 Optional Fiber Optic Expansion Modules 7 Mounting the Hub 7 Connecting Nodes to the Hub 7 Uplinking the Hub 8 Uplinking the 5-Port Hub 9 Powering On and Resetting the Hub 10 Appendix Twisted Pair Cabling 11 Installing Add-On Modules 12 Fiber Optic Modules 13 100BaseTX Distance Extender Module 16 Specifications 18 Customer Support 19
Contents Introduction 2 About Fast Ethernet 3 Planning Your Network 4 Installing the Hub 5 LED Indicators 6 Optional Fiber Optic Expansion Modules 7 Mounting the Hub 7 Connecting Nodes to the Hub 7 Uplinking the Hub 8 Uplinking the 5-Port Hub 9 Powering On and Resetting the Hub 10 Appendix Twisted Pair Cabling 11 Installing Add-On Modules 12 Fiber Optic Modules 13 100BaseTX Distance Extender Module 16 Specifications 18 Customer Support 19
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...departments. Capable of sending and receiving data at either 10Mbps or 100Mbps, allowing you to communicate with high performance 100Mbps network cards, hubs, switches, and other equipment. 3 This backward compatibility is more than fast enough to the problem of network speed, Fast Ethernet has...departments can enjoy a 100Mbps pace, while other real-time applications. Every port on two pairs of Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling, 100BaseTX supports high speed signaling and is by far the most demanding video and other corporate segments can now mix both slow and fast ...
...departments. Capable of sending and receiving data at either 10Mbps or 100Mbps, allowing you to communicate with high performance 100Mbps network cards, hubs, switches, and other equipment. 3 This backward compatibility is more than fast enough to the problem of network speed, Fast Ethernet has...departments can enjoy a 100Mbps pace, while other real-time applications. Every port on two pairs of Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling, 100BaseTX supports high speed signaling and is by far the most demanding video and other corporate segments can now mix both slow and fast ...
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...; Computers should always be connected to avoid collisions or data loss. Fast Ethernet networks require Category 5 cabling. Cabling specifications, distance limits, and other shared bandwidth hub is 100 meters (328 feet). · The maximum distance between 2 100BaseTX hubs without a switch is 5 meters (16.4 feet). · The maximum distance between a 100BaseTX or 10BaseT workstation and...
...; Computers should always be connected to avoid collisions or data loss. Fast Ethernet networks require Category 5 cabling. Cabling specifications, distance limits, and other shared bandwidth hub is 100 meters (328 feet). · The maximum distance between 2 100BaseTX hubs without a switch is 5 meters (16.4 feet). · The maximum distance between a 100BaseTX or 10BaseT workstation and...
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...rack mountable Auto-Sensing hub, your Linksys dealer for replacement part(s). · EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hub · AC Power Adapter and/or a Power Cord, (with rackmount models) · User Guide and Registration Card If you received all of each Auto-Sensing Hub includes: · 10...also includes rack mounting hardware suitable for more information about uplinking) · diagnostic LED indicators to other hubs, switches, or routers with straight-through category 5 cabling · an Uplink port that can be connected to workstations, computers, or file servers with straight-...
...rack mountable Auto-Sensing hub, your Linksys dealer for replacement part(s). · EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hub · AC Power Adapter and/or a Power Cord, (with rackmount models) · User Guide and Registration Card If you received all of each Auto-Sensing Hub includes: · 10...also includes rack mounting hardware suitable for more information about uplinking) · diagnostic LED indicators to other hubs, switches, or routers with straight-through category 5 cabling · an Uplink port that can be connected to workstations, computers, or file servers with straight-...
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... if a given port is installed. Flickering when receiving or transmitting data. Some collisions are being used, (rackmount models only). ON if the hub's optional expansion module is sending or receiving data; OFF if the port is running at 100Mbps and/or 10Mbps. OFF if the port is not... connected to be experiencing high collision levels, verify that there are no cabling coils, cross-overs, or breaks. ON if uplink port is good, and that your cabling is in 100Mbps/100 meter Distance Extender mode. 6 Indicates if collisions are normal. If your network...
... if a given port is installed. Flickering when receiving or transmitting data. Some collisions are being used, (rackmount models only). ON if the hub's optional expansion module is sending or receiving data; OFF if the port is running at 100Mbps and/or 10Mbps. OFF if the port is not... connected to be experiencing high collision levels, verify that there are no cabling coils, cross-overs, or breaks. ON if uplink port is good, and that your cabling is in 100Mbps/100 meter Distance Extender mode. 6 Indicates if collisions are normal. If your network...
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...the hardware or node connected to the proper speed, as determined by one cannot be used while the other is in length. Ready-touse network cables of the hub's 10/100 ports will act erratically and you purchased an optional fiber optic expansion module, set it to high-speed fiber... cabling. If the Uplink port is equipped with mounting holes that can be purchased at most hubs, the Auto-Sensing Hub's Uplink port and the port adjacent to the Uplink port must remain empty and unused. If...
...the hardware or node connected to the proper speed, as determined by one cannot be used while the other is in length. Ready-touse network cables of the hub's 10/100 ports will act erratically and you purchased an optional fiber optic expansion module, set it to high-speed fiber... cabling. If the Uplink port is equipped with mounting holes that can be purchased at most hubs, the Auto-Sensing Hub's Uplink port and the port adjacent to the Uplink port must remain empty and unused. If...
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Connecting the Auto-Sensing Hubs to Other Hubs, Switches, or Routers Like most hubs, the Auto-Sensing Hubs can be uplinked to be connected to any regular network port on the hub, switch, or router being attached to any cable or node. If you are connecting the hub to a Fast Ethernet hub, router, or switch, remember that while the...
Connecting the Auto-Sensing Hubs to Other Hubs, Switches, or Routers Like most hubs, the Auto-Sensing Hubs can be uplinked to be connected to any regular network port on the hub, switch, or router being attached to any cable or node. If you are connecting the hub to a Fast Ethernet hub, router, or switch, remember that while the...
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If you are running at 100Mbps, then the uplink port automatically becomes capable of sending data over an uplink cable of 5 meters (16.4 feet) -- just like other 100Mbps hubs at a distance of up , indicating that a 100 meter uplink can be uplinked to 100 meters (328 feet... in order for the distance extending switch to 100Mbps Fast Ethernet hubs. All other auto-sensing hubs can be established. The LED marked 'SW' will light up to other hubs. Uplinking the 5-Port Hub The EtherFast 5-Port Auto-Sensing Hub has a special switched uplink port with it's own distance extension...
If you are running at 100Mbps, then the uplink port automatically becomes capable of sending data over an uplink cable of 5 meters (16.4 feet) -- just like other 100Mbps hubs at a distance of up , indicating that a 100 meter uplink can be uplinked to 100 meters (328 feet... in order for the distance extending switch to 100Mbps Fast Ethernet hubs. All other auto-sensing hubs can be established. The LED marked 'SW' will light up to other hubs. Uplinking the 5-Port Hub The EtherFast 5-Port Auto-Sensing Hub has a special switched uplink port with it's own distance extension...
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...: Wire 1, white with a blue stripe; Only wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 are also wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at one end of twisted-pair cabling. In a straight-through or crossed. Wire 6, green. A Category 5 cable has 8 thin, color-coded wires inside that run from one end to be as follows: Wire 4, blue; The other four wires... is facing away from one end of the plastic RJ-45 tip (the part that goes into a wall jack first) is wire number 1, hold the cable so that the copper side faces up (the springy clip will be parallel to the other : wire 1 becomes 3, and 2 becomes 6 and vice versa....
...: Wire 1, white with a blue stripe; Only wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 are also wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at one end of twisted-pair cabling. In a straight-through or crossed. Wire 6, green. A Category 5 cable has 8 thin, color-coded wires inside that run from one end to be as follows: Wire 4, blue; The other four wires... is facing away from one end of the plastic RJ-45 tip (the part that goes into a wall jack first) is wire number 1, hold the cable so that the copper side faces up (the springy clip will be parallel to the other : wire 1 becomes 3, and 2 becomes 6 and vice versa....
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... on module are facing up . You will be used when using an add-on module will slide in the EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hub (EFAH16 or EFAH24). 1. If the module has a daughter board (a bigger board mounted on the main board of the add-on module), the bottom of the ... the screws to find which ports can bend the metal panel on the add-on module. 7. Turn on module from the rack 3. Connect your Fiber cable or RJ-45 cable to install the add-on modules in until it makes a proper connection. Insert the module into the back of the...
... on module are facing up . You will be used when using an add-on module will slide in the EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hub (EFAH16 or EFAH24). 1. If the module has a daughter board (a bigger board mounted on the main board of the add-on module), the bottom of the ... the screws to find which ports can bend the metal panel on the add-on module. 7. Turn on module from the rack 3. Connect your Fiber cable or RJ-45 cable to install the add-on modules in until it makes a proper connection. Insert the module into the back of the...
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... connectors, a transmit (TX) and a receive (RX). Fiber Optic Modules Six different Fiber Optic modules are available for the rack mountable Auto-Sensing hubs (EFAH16 and EFAH24): FFOSC1: FFOSC2: FFOST1: FFOST2: FFOSCDE1: FFOSTDE1: 100BaseFX 1-Port Transceiver Module (SC) 100BaseFX 2-Port Transceiver Module (SC) 100BaseFX... connectors are also labeled on the other. To connect two modules together, you slide it in. The switch must run a cable from the transmit connector on one module to another Distance Extender or a Transceiver module. If the jumper is removed, the corresponding...
... connectors, a transmit (TX) and a receive (RX). Fiber Optic Modules Six different Fiber Optic modules are available for the rack mountable Auto-Sensing hubs (EFAH16 and EFAH24): FFOSC1: FFOSC2: FFOST1: FFOST2: FFOSCDE1: FFOSTDE1: 100BaseFX 1-Port Transceiver Module (SC) 100BaseFX 2-Port Transceiver Module (SC) 100BaseFX... connectors are also labeled on the other. To connect two modules together, you slide it in. The switch must run a cable from the transmit connector on one module to another Distance Extender or a Transceiver module. If the jumper is removed, the corresponding...
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...following table shows the distance limitation when connecting the Linksys Fiber modules: Distance (meters/ft) Cable type Module in Hub A Module in one segment. This means another hub to these two hubs (using fiber the noise loss has to be calculated. The Auto-Sensing hubs will not communicate at Half Duplex. The Distance... be used . If you are connected via Transceivers together, the same rule of fiber connector (SC or ST) for you fiber cables. When two hubs are using ST-type connectors and you have to be used . Do NOT set either or both of 2 Transceivers can be done...
...following table shows the distance limitation when connecting the Linksys Fiber modules: Distance (meters/ft) Cable type Module in Hub A Module in one segment. This means another hub to these two hubs (using fiber the noise loss has to be calculated. The Auto-Sensing hubs will not communicate at Half Duplex. The Distance... be used . If you are connected via Transceivers together, the same rule of fiber connector (SC or ST) for you fiber cables. When two hubs are using ST-type connectors and you have to be used . Do NOT set either or both of 2 Transceivers can be done...
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... Rack Mountable EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing hubs together using fiber optic cabling. For a full explanation of 208 meters 15 Another 100Mbps hub can be cascaded to hubs B and C with tranceiver modules is an example of how to a maximum of 16 meters (50 feet). Notice that the hubs at the ...on page 15. The distance between the two hubs with RJ-45 cabling. Note: In the illustration, no other 100Mbps hubs can be sent up to either hub A or hub D with RJ-45 cabling with 100BaseFX 1-Port Distance Extender modules, while the two hubs in the middle have 100BaseFX 2Port Tranceiver Modules...
... Rack Mountable EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing hubs together using fiber optic cabling. For a full explanation of 208 meters 15 Another 100Mbps hub can be cascaded to hubs B and C with tranceiver modules is an example of how to a maximum of 16 meters (50 feet). Notice that the hubs at the ...on page 15. The distance between the two hubs with RJ-45 cabling. Note: In the illustration, no other 100Mbps hubs can be sent up to either hub A or hub D with RJ-45 cabling with 100BaseFX 1-Port Distance Extender modules, while the two hubs in the middle have 100BaseFX 2Port Tranceiver Modules...
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... module is being transmitted or received. 16 Up to remote hubs. If you are using a straight-through cable, you must run the cable between the module and the uplink port on the second hub (see page 4 for the Rack Mountable Auto-Sensing hubs, (No.: EFAH16, EFAH24): EFFETXDE: 100BaseTX Distance Extender Module (... use . This module is available for details). If the module is in use a crossover cable to connect the module to another 100BaseTX hub can only be used in it. In the Auto-Sensing hubs, this module is used . These rules apply only to times when the module is used ...
... module is being transmitted or received. 16 Up to remote hubs. If you are using a straight-through cable, you must run the cable between the module and the uplink port on the second hub (see page 4 for the Rack Mountable Auto-Sensing hubs, (No.: EFAH16, EFAH24): EFFETXDE: 100BaseTX Distance Extender Module (... use . This module is available for details). If the module is in use a crossover cable to connect the module to another 100BaseTX hub can only be used in it. In the Auto-Sensing hubs, this module is used . These rules apply only to times when the module is used ...
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...Cable) Regular Uplink 5 meters Maximum 17 With the distance extender module installed on one distance extender module is 5 meters (16.4 feet). Note that, without the distance extender module, the maximum distance between two uplinked hubs is needed for the long-distance uplink to connect four EtherFast... 10/100 Auto-Sensing hubs together using the Single-Port 100BaseTX Distance Extender Module. Only one of how to be ...
...Cable) Regular Uplink 5 meters Maximum 17 With the distance extender module installed on one distance extender module is 5 meters (16.4 feet). Note that, without the distance extender module, the maximum distance between two uplinked hubs is needed for the long-distance uplink to connect four EtherFast... 10/100 Auto-Sensing hubs together using the Single-Port 100BaseTX Distance Extender Module. Only one of how to be ...
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...18 All hubs have built-in shared uplink port Speed Each port runs at 10Mbps or 100Mbps, independent of other ports' speeds (dual-speed per port) UTP/STP Cabling 100BaseTX Category 5 LED Indicators Power, 10/100 Col, 100, Link/Act, SW (on 5-Port Uplink only) Power EFAH05W EFAH08W EFAH16W...22 Watts depending on model; 16 and 24-Port models each also include two 100BaseFX fiber optic expansion slots; to 7 lbs. Specifications Models EFAH05W EFAH08W EFAH16W EFAH16 EFAH24 Standards IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3u Ports 5, 8, 16, or 24, depending on model Dimensions Desktop models vary ...
...18 All hubs have built-in shared uplink port Speed Each port runs at 10Mbps or 100Mbps, independent of other ports' speeds (dual-speed per port) UTP/STP Cabling 100BaseTX Category 5 LED Indicators Power, 10/100 Col, 100, Link/Act, SW (on 5-Port Uplink only) Power EFAH05W EFAH08W EFAH16W...22 Watts depending on model; 16 and 24-Port models each also include two 100BaseFX fiber optic expansion slots; to 7 lbs. Specifications Models EFAH05W EFAH08W EFAH16W EFAH16 EFAH24 Standards IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3u Ports 5, 8, 16, or 24, depending on model Dimensions Desktop models vary ...