Allied Telesis ATFS705EFCSC60 manual AT-FS705E FC AT-FS705E FC AT-FS705E FC, Ethernet Hubs

If you have more than three AT-FS705E FC or AT-FS706E FC switches that you want to connect together, then you might use an 100Base Ethernet switch that has multiple fiber optic ports to act as a backbone switch. This switch will function as the connection focal point for all the AT-FS705E FC and AT- FS706E FC switches in your network. This is often referred to as a collapsed backbone. An example of this topology is illustrated in Figure 6. Five AT-FS705 Ethernet Switches have been interconnected using an AT-8216FXL Fast Ethernet Switch.

AT-FS705E FC

AT-FS705E FC

AT-FS705E FC

AT-8216FXL
Ethernet Switch
		AT-FS705E FC
		AT-FS705E FC
	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Ethernet Hubs

100 Mbps (Fiber Optic)

100 Mbps (Twisted Pair)

10 Mbps

Figure 6 Collapsed Backbone Topology

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