TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO TWISTED PAIR AND FIBER OPTIC ETHERNET LANS | |
ETHERNET PHYSICAL LAYER: TWISTED PAIR COPPER VS FIBER OPTIC | |
Twisted Pair copper cable | |
Fiber | |
SUPPORTED NETWORK TOPOLOGIES | |
Star Architecture | |
Mesh Architecture | |
Ring Architecture | |
10BASE T AND 100BASET MEDIA | |
Unshielded Twisted Pair cable: | |
Ethernet: Unshielded Twisted Pair | |
HUBS AND SWITCHES | |
FIBER OPTIC ETHERNET: | |
Wavelengths of light | |
SINGLE AND | |
Fiber Cable Cross Section and Physical Specifications | |
Single mode fiber - Less attenuation per unit distance | |
OPTICAL POWER BUDGET | |
ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS TO THE MULTILIN SWITCH | |
ASSIGNING A STATIC IP ADDRESS TO A PERSONNEL COMPUTER | |
CONFIGURING THE SWITCH PORTS FOR UR REDUNDANT OPERATION | |
TAGGED VLAN’S | |
Background: | |
CONFIGURING TAGGED VLANS | |
Configuring a VLAN within the switch | |
CONFIGURING THE MULTILINK SWITCH FOR RING ONLY MODE | |
ML1600/2400 FIRMWARE UPDATES | |
UPDATING MULTILINK FIRMWARE | |
SELECTING THE PROPER VERSION | |
UPGRADING USING A SERIAL CONNECTION- COMMAND LINE INTERFACE | |
UPDATING USING THE ENERVISTA WEB INTERFACE SOFTWARE | |
Using FTP | |
Using TFTP |
MULTILINK ML1600/2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH – QUICKSTART GUIDE |
