Asante Technologies 1012 manual Connecting Devices to the AsantéBridge, What You Need

Chapter 1 — Quick Start

Connecting Devices to the AsantéBridge 1012

Now that you have pretested your AsantéBridge and have con- nected it into your network as a bridge, the last step is to connect Ethernet devices to the hub portion of the unit.

The AsantéBridge provides two options for device connections: ❏ Twelve RJ-45 ports on the front panel, which connect

on a one-to-one basis to single devices, or

❏ The 50-pin RJ21 connector on the rear panel, which connects to a Telco punchdown block typically located in the wiring closet in your building.

	If you want to install the hub in a wiring closet using the RJ21
	connector to make host connections, see Appendix C,“Pinouts
	and Cable Specifications”.
	What You Need
	You need only the appropriate length straight-through RJ-45
	extension cables. (If you want to build your own cables, see
	Appendix C,“Pinouts and Cable Specifications” for details.)
1	Using the front panel RJ45 ports
	Connect the RJ-45 extension cables between the front
	panel ports of the hub and the network devices.

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		UTILIZATION									PARTITION
			%
PWR CPU	1 3 5		10 20			30	50	65+	BRDG UPLINK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
SNMP MSG	Late Collision			1		3	5	10+
	Misaligned CRC					%				LINK/RECEIVE
	Short Event/Missing SFD				COLLISION
	Runts/Fragments

														AsantéHub 1012
BRIDGE	RCV	FWD	COL	STATUS STANDBY ACTIVE					RCV FWD			COL
	EXT PORT									HUB
1	2	3	4		5		6	7			8		9		10	11	12
						10BASE-T PORTS											BRIDGE

To Network Devices

Figure 1-11 Single-Hub Host Connections Using RJ-45 Extension Cables

2	Connect the other ends of the RJ45 extension cables to
	individual Ethernet devices such as Macintoshes, PCs,

printers, or other devices equipped with an Ethernet inter- face.

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