1-6CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING THE HARDWARE

Cabling the LAN

Connector (Models

323, 327, and 52x)

This section applies to models 323, 327, and 52x only. You can use only one type of LAN connector on each bridge/router. The following figure shows how to cable a LAN connector.

 

LAN

UTP

STP

 

16Mb

 

Active

 

Fault

UTP

cableSTP

OR cable

Cabling the ISDN Connector (Model 52x)

For more information on AUI and 10BASE-T cables, refer to Chapter 2.

This section applies to model 52x bridge/routers only. The following figure shows how to cable an ISDN connector.

 

LAN

S/T

ISDN

B1 B2

UTP

STP

Line

Link

 

16Mb

 

Act

 

 

Connect

 

Active

 

 

 

 

Line

 

 

 

 

Fault

 

Fault

 

Error

 

 

Wall outlet

 

 

 

 

ISDN cable

Network

termination (nt1)/power supply*

*required for U.S. and Canada only

The NT1 and power supply shown in the figure above must either be leased from the telephone company or purchased from an ISDN equipment vendor in the U.S. and Canada only. In other countries, you do not need to provide this equipment because the function of the equipment is provided by the ISDN switch. For more information about ISDN, refer to Appendix A.

For more information on ISDN cables, refer to Chapter 2.

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3Com 52x, 32x manual Cabling the LAN Connector Models 323, 327, Cabling the Isdn Connector Model