Asante Technologies FS4008DS Connecting the Switch to Another Switch or Network Device, Switch a

Connecting Network Devices

Connecting the Switch to Another Switch or Network Device

The Switch can be connected to another switch or to other network devices (such as a router, bridge, etc.) via a two-pair Category 5 UTP straight-through or cross-over cable. See Figure 2-11.

Switch A

Power

									FRIENDLYNET										FS4008DS
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		8-port Dual Speed Ethernet Switch
										Uplink	or	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
								100Mbps
								Link/Act
								FDX / Col
														Switched 10/100Mbps Ports

cross-over cable

straight-through cable

Switch B

Power

									FRIENDLYNET										FS4008DS
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		8-port Dual Speed Ethernet Switch
										Uplink	or	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
								100Mbps
								Link/Act
								FDX / Col
														Switched 10/100Mbps Ports

Figure 2-11 Connecting the Switch to another switch or network device

Using Straight-Through Cable

❏Connect the Switch’s uplink port to any of the other switch’s/device’s 10Mbps or 100Mbps ports.

Using Crossover Cable

❏Connect any port on the Switch (Switch A) to any of the 10Mbps or 100Mbps ports on the other switch (switch B).

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