Dual-Speed Stackable Hubs User’s Guide
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter introduces DFE-916 series dual-speed stackable hubs, as well as giving some background information about the technology the hubs use.
Product Description
D-Link DFE-916 series dual-speed stackable Ethernet/Fast Ethernet hubs are designed to allow easy migration and integration between 10Mbps Ethernet and 100Mbps Fast Ethernet, while providing manageability and flexibility in cable connections.
Each hub can operate with both IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T connections (twisted-pair Ethernet operating at 10 megabits per second) and IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX connections (twisted-pair Fast Ethernet operating at 100 megabits per second). All of the twisted-pair ports support NWay auto-negotiation, allowing the hub to automatically detect the speed of a network connection. This means you can connect all of your Ethernet and Fast Ethernet hosts to a DFE-916 series hub stack, without any rewiring required when a host is upgraded from 10Mbps to 100Mbps.
DFE-916 series hubs have 16 ports each and can be stacked together toa maximum of five hubs in a stack. A stack of five 16-port hubs gives a total of 80 Ethernet or Fast Ethernet ports. A DFE-916 series hub stack operates as a Class II Fast Ethernet repeater, allowing it to be linked to another Class II Fast Ethernet stack in the same collision domain.