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2-4 CHAPTER 2: CREATING YOUR NETWORK

Before You Start

Your OfficeConnect hub comes with:

■One power adapter for use with the OfficeConnect hub

■A Warranty Registration card for you to fill out and return

■Four rubber feet

■Four stacking clips

■One 3.5” Transcend® Quick Configuration Manager disk

■A Quick Reference Guide

■This guide

Workstation Connections

To connect workstations and other equipment to your hub, you need:

110BASE-T connections for all your equipment. 3Com produce a range of easy to install network adapters, which provide your workstations with 10BASE-T connections.

2An operating system with network support configured, running on your workstations.

3One ‘Straight-through’ 10BASE-T cable for every workstation or piece of equipment.

A ‘Straight-through’ cable is one where the pins of one connector are connected to the same pins of the other connector. 10BASE-T cables can be shielded or unshielded. We recommend you use shielded. The maximum length you can use is 100 meters

(328 feet).