Allied Telesis 8000/8POE manual Cabling, Speed Type of Cable Operating Distance

AT-8000/8POE Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch Installation Guide

Cabling

Table 6 contains the cabling specifications for the twisted pair ports.

Table 6. Twisted Pair Cabling and Distances

		Maximum
Speed	Type of Cable	Operating
		Distance
10 Mbps	Category 3 or better 100-ohm shielded or	100 m (328 ft)
	unshielded twisted pair cable
100 Mbps	Category 5 or Category 5E (Enhanced) 100-	100 m (328 ft)
	ohm shielded or unshielded twisted pair cable
1000 Mbps	Category 5 and Category 5E (Enhanced) 100-	100 m (328 ft)
	ohm shielded or unshielded twisted pair cable

Note

The twisted pair ports on the switch feature auto-MDI when operating at 10 or 100 Mbps. Each port is individually configured as MDI or MDI-X when connected to an end node. Consequently, you can use either a straight-through or crossover twisted pair cable when connecting any network device to a twisted pair port on the switch.

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