Congratulations on your purchase of Edimax’s 18-port rackmount Ethernet 10Base-T hub - ER-5398S. Designed to meet small and large 10Base-T network requirements, ER-5398S is built with 16 RJ-45 ports and two extra auto-detect AUI /BNC coaxial ports for cascading other 10Base-T hubs, mixing with thin or thick coaxial segments, or connecting to fiber backbone through fiber transceivers.
Figure 1-1 ER-5398S Topology
ER-5398S is rackmount size, 1U (1.75 inches) height, it can be installed on an industry standard 19 inches rack.
An uplink port located right next to the 16th RJ-45 port allows easy connection to other hubs or switches using regular straight-through cables as illustrated in Figure 1-2.
Uplink Port
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Figure 1-2 Uplink to another hub
To accommodate various cabling requirements, ER-5398S can be easily integrated with other 10Base-T hubs in a central 19-inch wiring rack or be placed separately as stand-alone or distributed workgroup wiring center.
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