Kingston Technology KNE16TP/RS, KNE24TP/RS manual Linear Bus Network, Horizontal Cascading

Network Configurations 11

Linear Bus Network

The typical network configuration for 10BASE2 networks is a Linear Bus topology in which nodes are connected via thin coaxial cabling using the BNC connector. A 50Ω (Ohm) terminator must be attached to each end of the trunk segment and one of the terminators must be grounded. The maximum cable length is 185M per segment. To minimize cable-related problems, do not mix single filament (black PVC jacket) with stranded filament (DEC grey) coaxial cables on the same network.

Thin Ethernet Coax Cable

50-Ohm Terminator on last Node

		PORT #16 OR PORT #24
STACK-IN	STACK-OUT	CASCADE CONFIGURATION	BNC
			AUI

50-Ohm Grounded

Terminator

Fig. 5. Linear Bus Connection

Horizontal Cascading

ON

OFF

The EtheRx hubs can be horizontally cascaded to other hubs as long as the Ethernet 5-4-3 Rule is met. This connection can be made through the BNC port, AUI port, or one of the UTP ports. To cascade to another hub, use the last UTP port which has a cascade switch to support either straight-thru or crossover cable types. Figure 6 below is an example of horizontal cascading using the KNE24TP/RS under the Ethernet 5-4-3 rule.

KNE24TP/RS

Slick-Stack Ethernet Hub

Segment 4

Segment 3

KNE24TP/RS

Slick-Stack Ethernet Hub

Segment 2

KNE24TP/RS

Slick-Stack Ethernet Hub

Segment 1

KNE24TP/RS

Slick-Stack Ethernet Hub

Segment 5	100M max.
	per segment

Fig. 6. Horizontal Cascading

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