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Fast EtherHub 3500 System User’s Guide

Sample Network Configurations

The Fast EtherHub 3500 series stackable hubs are designed to provide flexibility in configuring network connections. This hub can be used as a simple stand-alone hub or connected to other network interconnection devices in various configurations. This section includes sample applications, most of which take advantage of the multi-segment architecture. Pay attention to the examples that illustrate how to segment a hub stack. This procedure can extend network bandwidth up to 300 Mbps.

Attaching the Stack to One Segment

You can attach all the hubs in a stacked system to the same segment. In this example, a stacked system using the FlexBus port connection is connected to segment 1.

Putting all hubs in the same segment groups all nodes attached to the stack in a single collision domain. All Ethernet frames transmitted by any node are seen by every other node in the stack. For a heavily loaded network, you can significantly improve performance by configuring the stack into separate segments as shown in the next example.

SEGMENT 1	ID1
SEGMENT 1	ID2
SEGMENT 1	ID3
SEGMENT 1	ID4
SEGMENT 1	ID5
SEGMENT 1	ID6

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SEG. LINK 1

SEG. LINK 2

SEG. LINK 3

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Figure 3-1 Attaching All Hubs in Stack to One Segment

Setting Up Network Connections 3-5