3Com 206380-A manual Operating Environments, Cable Requirements, Fast Ethernet Cables 100 Mb/s

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Operating Environments

Installation and Reference for the BayStack 22 PC Card Adapter

Operating Environments

The BayStack 22 PC Card Adopter supports the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, 4.0

Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98

Microsoft LAN Manager 2.x

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Microsoft Windows 3.1

Novell NetWare 3.x, 4.x

Lantastic 6.0

IBM OS/2 Warp Version 3

Cable Requirements

You can use Category 5 (Cat 5) Ethernet cables for 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s network connections to the BayStack 22 PC Card Adopter.

Use the following guidelines when using Cat 5 cables:

Maximum length between a workstation and a hub is 100 meters (m).

Maximum length between two hubs is 10 m.

Maximum length between two hubs that are functioning as Ethernet Class 2 repeaters is 100 m.

Maximum total length between two workstations is 205 m.

Fast Ethernet Cables (100 Mb/s)

You must use a Cat 5 straight-through cable with one RJ-45 connector on each end for 100 Mb/s Ethernet connections. Do not use a crossover cable.

Ethernet Cables (10 Mb/s)

You can use Cat 3, Cat 4, or Cat 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable or an EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm shielded twisted pair (STP) cable for 10 Mb/s Ethernet connections. You must use a straight-through cable with an RJ-45 connector on each end. Do not use a crossover cable.

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