Identifying External Components

This section identifies all the major external components of the switch.

Front Panel

The figure below shows the front panels of the 16-port 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet ProSwitch.

LED Indicator Panel

Refer to the detailed information about each of the switch's LED indicators.

■Power (PWR)

This indicator lights green when the switch is receiving power, otherwise, it is off.

■Link / Activity ( green )

This indicator light green when the port is connected to a Fast Ethernet or Ethernet station, if the indicator blinking green will be transmission or received data .

■100Mbps ( green )

This LED indicator light green when the port is connected to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet station. Otherwise, the LED is off when the port is connected to 10Mbps Ethernet station.

Twisted-Pair Ports

These ports supports automatic MDI/MDIX crossover detection function which gives true 'plug and play' capability without the need of confusing crossover cables or crossover ports.

With the Auto-MDI function, you just need to plug-in a network cable to the switch and the other end of the cable into a NIC (Network Interface Card) or another switch or hub.

Rear Panel

The rear panel of the ProSwitch has an AC Power Connector socket.

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