A P P E N D I X | A Intel Express 100BASE-T4 Stackable Hub |
You can extend the 100BASE-T network topology further by interconnecting the switches using fiber links. Interconnecting two switches creates a network that contains four separate collision domains. The overall network topology grows while each collision domain can be modeled after the extended collision domains shown in the previous two illustrations.
The next illustration shows how two separate 100BASE-T networks, each supporting different workgroups in different physical locations, are interconnected using a 2-km fiber link.
