Fast EtherHub 3500 System User’s Guide
C-2 Product Specifications
Repeater Stack Expansion Up to 6 modules (72 station ports)
Expansion Interface FlexBus 3500 stack cable (68 wires)
Configuration Automatic hub-ID and bus termination
Segmentation Supports 3 or more segments in a stack
Extender Port Access Method CSMA/CD, 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps
Standards Conformance IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX, FX, T4
Communication Rate 10 or 100 Mbps (via auto-detection)
Communication Mode Full or half duplex for 100BASE-TX & FX,
(via auto-negotiation); half duplex for T4
Media Supported 100BASE-TX 100Wtwisted-pair (2-pair);
Cat 5 for 100 Mbps,
or Cat 3,4,5 for 10 Mbps
100BASE-T4 100WCat 5 twisted-pair (4-pair)
100BASE-FX 50/125 mm or 62.5/125 mm
multimode fiber
Number of Ports 1 100BASE-TX or T4 RJ-45 port, or
1 100BASE-FX SC or ST type port;
(TX, T4 provides MDI-X or MDI connection)
Indicator Panel Comprehensive array of LEDs for displaying
port link, collision, activity, transmission speed,
transmission mode
Switching Criteria -
Network Bridging Function filtering, forwarding and learning
Switching Method adaptive cut-through:
fragment-free or store-and-forward
Maximum Filtering Rate line speed
Maximum Forwarding Rate line speed
Network Latency less than 20 microseconds
Address Table 4K entries/port
Queue Buffer 160K bytes