KTI Networks 2028 manual Making Network Connections, Network Switched Ports

3. Making Network Connections

3.1 Network Switched Ports

There are ten ports on the switch for connection to ten LAN segments. Each segment is an independent shared network in one collision-do- main.

Figure 3-1 Network Ports

Port #1 to Port #8 are 10Mbps-based 10BASE-T switched ports and dedicated for connecting to eight separate 10Mbps Ethernet segments through individual 10BASE-T connections.

Port #9 is a 10/100Mbps-based dual-speed switched port. It can support connection to either one 10Mbps Ethernet segment or one 100Mbps 100BASE-TX fast Ethernet segment. It features the capability of auto- sensing the speed of the connected segment.

Port #10 is a configurable expansion port slot. The slot can be config- ured with one optional port module. Once installed, the slot becomes a network switched port and can be used for connecting to an additional network segment. Two optional modules are:

•10/100BASE-TX port module - dual speed 10/100BASE-TX

•100BASE-FX port module - 100BASE-FX fiber optic

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