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Asynchronous port

The asynchronous serial port (ASYN0) is wired as a DTE (Table 9 on page 50), and can be used as general purpose port for terminals, printers or modems. The default communications settings are:

9600 bps

8 data bits

1 stop bit

no parity

hardware flow control

Ethernet SFP sockets

The router has two eth interfaces (labelled Ethernet): eth0 (labelled 0) and eth1 (labelled 1). Each Eth interface has two connectors — an RJ-45 connector for a 10/100/1000 Mbps copper connection, and an SFP socket for a fibre-optic SFP. Only one of these can be operational at once. When an SFP transceiver is installed, the corresponding 10/100/1000 Eth port is disabled. When the SFP is removed, the RJ-45 port is again operational.

Figure 10: Eth1 SFP and 10/100/1000 options

eth1 SFP port

eth1

eth1 10/100/1000

 

ETHERNET

SWITCH PO

1

1

2

PIC

 

 

1

 

 

0

 

 

0

0

1

!Warning Do not look into SFP cables or transceivers. Disconnected fibres or connectors may emit invisible laser radiation, which can damage eyes.

The Ethernet SFPs sockets support the following Small Form-factor Pluggable transceivers:

AT-SPSX (previously AT-MG8SX)

AT-SPLX10 (previously AT-MG8LX10)

AT-SPZX80 (previously AT-MGZX)

For more information about SFP transceivers, see “SFP Ports (AR770S only)” on page 46.

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Allied Telesis AR700 Series manual Asynchronous port

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