Asante Technologies 7000 Connecting Network Devices, Connecting a Computer to the Switch

Connecting Network Devices

Connecting Network Devices

This section describes how to connect computers, hubs and switches to the FS7000 Switch, and how to connect multiple FS7000 Switches together.

Before you connect network devices to the Switch, review the following guidelines:

❑Make sure the network cable length is less than 100 meters (Category 5 and up)

◆Note: Category 3 is acceptable for 10Base-T

❑Use a straight-through twisted pair cable or a crossover cable when appropriate for either uplink or standard data ports

❑When connecting two switches together (cascading switches), make sure that the link between them is no longer than 100 meters

❑Network cable segments can be connected to, or disconnected from, the Switch while the Switch’s power is on

Connecting a Computer to the Switch

❑Use a four-pair Category 5 UTP straight-through cable with RJ-45 connectors

❑Connect the computer to any of the Switch’s ports. See Figure 2-12

FRIENDLYNET 7108 GIGABIT SWITCH

Switched Gigabit Ethernet Port

	100/10Mbps			Link/Data
		Power		Full Duplex/Collision
	Full/Half	Tx	Rx	Uplink										MII
Power	Link/Data					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
					Normal
1 2 3 4 5 6	7 8													Power
					Uplink

Straight-through

network cable

Figure 2-12 Connecting a computer to the Switch

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