3Com 3 manual Configuration Rules for Fast Ethernet

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collapsed backbone). For example, a 225 m (738 ft) fiber link from a repeater to a router or switch, plus a 100 m (328 ft) UTP link from a repeater out to the endstations.

Configuration Rules The Switch provides full duplex support for all its ports, including

with Full Duplex Expansion Module ports. Full duplex allows packets to be transmitted and received simultaneously and, in effect, doubles the potential throughput of a link.

With full duplex, the Ethernet topology rules are the same, but the Fast

Ethernet rules are:

Maximum UTP cable length is 100 m (328 ft) over Category 5 cable.

A 2 km (6562 ft) fiber link is allowed for connecting switch-to-switch, or endstation-to-switch.

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3Com 3 manual Configuration Rules for Fast Ethernet