3Com 5108M-TP manual Designing and ExpandingtheNetwork

2 Designing and ExpandingtheNetwork

This appendix contains configuration information that will help you to design your network. Install all equipment using only approved cables for proper operation. Refer to Appendix A in the Twisted Pair Connectors and Cables section for information on twisted pair connector and cable requirements.

This appendix describes how to configure your network with the ONline System Concentrator and the ONline Ethernet 10BASE-T Module. It also provides examples of alternative network cabling structures and rules for configuring Ethernet networks. There are five sections:

❑Network Diameter Calculations: General Rules

❑Fiber Backbone, Twisted Pair To-The-Desk

❑Twisted Pair Backbone, Twisted Pair To-The-Desk

❑Redundant Links

❑Patch Panels

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