Allied Telesis AT-8500 Series manual Mixed Topology

AT-8500 Series Layer 2+ Fast Ethernet Switches Installation Guide

Figure 11 illustrates a network of three AT-8524M Fast Ethernet switches. The workstations and servers on the network are connected either directly to a switch or indirectly through an Ethernet hub. The switches themselves are connected together through 1000Base fiber optic ports on AT-A45/SC expansion modules, creating a high-speed backbone.

													AT-8524M		AT-8524M Fast
															Ethernet Switch
			4	5	6	7	8
1	2	3
															AT-8524M Fast
															Ethernet Switch
															AT-8524M
AT-8524M Fast
Ethernet Switch											5	6	7	8
							1	2	3	4
	AT-8524M
													Legend
													10 Mbps
													100 Mbps
													1000 Mbps
													Fiber Optic

Figure 11. Mixed Topology

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