Cascade the Hub
The following illustration shows cascading hubs together in a hierarchical star through the
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Note: Ethernet specifications limit the number of hubs with twisted pair links in any communication path to five, as shown in the example. When PC “A” communicates with PC “B,” the communication path goes from hub 4 to hub 2, to hub 1, to hub 3, and then to hub 5
The following illustration shows cascading hubs together
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Model EN104TP/EN106TP/EN108TP Ethernet Hub Installation Guide