Symptom | Cause | Solution |
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Amber Part LED turns on. | The connected port is | The |
| partitioned because of | is partitioned after 32 |
| excessive collisions. | consecutive collisions are |
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| detected. When the first |
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| good packet without a |
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| collision is received, the |
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| port is reconnected and the |
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| amber Partition LED turns |
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| off. Check and correct |
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| causes listed in this table for |
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| excessive collisions and |
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| make sure that: |
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| The correct cable is used |
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| and the cable is not faulty. |
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| There are no faulty |
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| connectors. |
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| The network card in your |
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| PC is set to |
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| mode. |
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Green Link/Rx LED on the | The port is not detecting a | Check for a bad cable, cable |
successful link or data | pairs that are not correctly | |
a cable is attached or not | transmission. | wired, or loose connectors. |
blinking when there is data |
| Make sure that there is |
transmission. |
| power to the hub and the |
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| connected PC. Make sure |
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| the port has not been |
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| partitioned. |
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| Make sure the network card |
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| in the connected PC is |
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| configured for 100 Mbps |
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| operation. |
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| If the Green Link/Rx LED is |
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| on port 16, also check to |
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| make sure the Normal/ |
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| Uplink push button switch is |
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| set according to the |
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| instructions in “Installation |
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| Procedures.” |
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Make sure the network interface cards installed in the workstations are in working condition and the software driver has been installed.
If required, verify the integrity of the hub by resetting it. Turn power to the switch off and then back on. If the problem continues and you have completed all the preceding diagnoses, contact NETGEAR Customer Support. For the phone number of the representative in your area, see “Customer Support.”
Fast Ethernet Technology
Fast Ethernet is conventional Ethernet but faster. Fast Ethernet, or 100BASE- TX, operates at 100 Mbps instead of 10 Mbps. The