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Asante Technologies 1012 manual Tell Us What You Think

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Tell Us What You Think

There’s always room for improvement and Asanté Technologies is always interested in your comments and suggestions about our product documentation. If you take the time to make suggess- tions, we will take the time to read and consider them for new documentation releases.

Do us a favor and read through this Users’ Guide and think about these questions:

1	What do you like best about this Guide?
2	What do you think is the least valuable or weakest
2	part of this Guide?
3	What is the most needed improvement you would
3	make to this Guide?

Think about your answers and then give us a ring.

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Asanté Technologies

Attn: Technical Publications

(408) 432-1117

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Asante Technologies 1012 manual Tell Us What You Think

Contents

AsantéBridge Users’ Guide Trademarks Tell Us What You Think Page Table of Contents AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management Configuring a Redundant LinkSetting Up Out-of-Band Links Connecting a VT100 Terminal Default SettingsList of Figures Figure C-4 Crossover RJ-45 Cable page C-4 Introduction About This ManualIntroduction Intended Audience Intended Audience Conventions Used In This ManualTechnical Support Tell Us What You ThinkQuick Start Before You StartQuick Start Introducing the AsantéBridge Introducing AsantéBridgeBridging Between Two Segments Snmp AsantéBridge FeaturesQuick View AsantéBridgeFront Panel Quick View Bridge Hub Port Status LEDs RJ45 Port ConnectorsBridge External Port Status LED Bridge Spanning Tree Status LEDsRJ21 Port Connector AsantéBridge 1012 Rear Panel3in1 Port Bridge External Port Collision LED Through/End DIP SwitchBridge External Port AUI Bridge External Port Link/Receive LEDFan PC/Terminal DIP SwitchAC Power Connector On/Off SwitchFlashing Interpreting LEDsInstalling AsantéBridge 1012 Preparing for the InstallationInstalling the AsantéBridge Basic Installation Procedures ToolsUnpacking the AsantéBridge Asante´Hub Positioning the AsantéBridgeRack-mounting the AsantéBridge Page Dividing the Network into Segments Connecting Two Segments to the AsantéBridgeAbout Spanning Trees Shown belowConnecting Devices to the AsantéBridge Using the front panel RJ45 portsWhat You Need Conﬁguration Options Using the rear panel RJ21 connectorQuick Start Connecting to the Network Before You Start Connecting to the NetworkAbout Bridging About BridgingBridging between segments Simple Transparent BridgeAbout Bridging Like this Spanning TreeRedundant bridging Connecting to the BNC Port Using the 3in1 PortInterconnecting Hubs on Thin Ethernet Backbone Using the 3in1 PortInterconnecting Using Foirl Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link Connecting to the AUI PortInterconnecting to Thick Ethernet Backbone Connecting to the RJ45 in and Out Ports Connecting an In-Band Daisychaining Conﬁguring a Redundant Link Checking the Link10BaseT An Example Conﬁguration Conﬁguring a Redundant LinkIf a Link Goes Down to the Main Hub If the Main Hub Goes DownSetting Up Out-of-Band Links Setting Up Out-of-Band LinksInterconnecting Hubs 10 Connecting the Asanté Management Station for Out-of-Band Distance Restrictions Recommended MethodConﬁguring Hub DIP Switches PC/Terminal SwitchThrough/End Switch Connecting a VT100 Terminal Connecting a VT100 TerminalLists the factory default settings Default SettingsAsantéBridge 1012 Local Management AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management These functions, use the following ﬂow chartBridge Diagnostics Bridge DiagnosticsLocal Management Main Menu Local ManagementLocal Management Menu System Local Management Help Window General Help MenuAccessing the Conﬁguration Menu system Conﬁguration Menu SystemConﬁguration Menu System Reset System item is a command. Selecting this item Information Menu SystemPassword Menu Password MenuSnmp Agent Parameters Menu SystemBridge Snmp agent menu has the following four submenus TCP/IP Parameters Menu TCP/IP Parameters MenuSoftware Update Menu Software Update MenuAbout the Software Update function Conﬁguration Menu System Menu without taking any action 10 System Update Status WindowConﬁguration Menu System 11 Snmp Trap Receiver Table Snmp Trap Receiver Table12 Snmp Community Name Table Snmp Community Name TableThis table allows you to control access to Snmp MIB objects 13 Out-of-Band Parameters Menu Out-of-Band Parameters MenuEnter control-z to return to the Conﬁguration Menu 14 Bridge Parameters Menu Bridge Parameters Menu System15 Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters Menu Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters MenuActivity.To update the window, enter control-r 16 Spanning Tree Port Setting Menu Spanning Tree Port Setting MenuAbout Forwarding Bridge Forwarding TableExit returns you to the Bridge Parameters Menu About dynamic and static table entries Alphabetic portion of the ﬁeld deﬁnes the type of entryAsantéBridge 1012 Local Management 18 Editing the Forwarding Table Using the Edit Function19 Searching for an Address Using the Search FunctionAbout the Filtering Table Bridge Filtering Table20 Bridge Filtering Table Conﬁguration Menu System 21 Resetting the Bridge Resetting the BridgeMenu 22 Bridge Statistics Statistics Menu SystemSupport for Pre 10BaseT Devices Appendix a Support for Pre 10BaseT Devices Technical Speciﬁcations Appendix B Technical Speciﬁcations B-3 B-4 Pinouts and Cable Speciﬁcations RJ-45 to RJ-21 Pinouts Amphenol to Modular Jack Appendix C Pinouts and Cable SpeciﬁcationsC-3 RJ-45 to RJ-45 Crossover Cable RJ-45 Modular Jack to Wall Jack PinoutsTable C-1 AUI Pinouts AUI DB-15 PinoutsC-6 AsantéBridge 1012 Index LED Numerics Manual P/N