Chapter 2

Cabling the Switch

This chapter describes how to connect the cables that you must use with the Switch, including pinouts for local area networks (LAN) connections, and how to read the LEDs when the Switch is powered on.

LAN Speed Selection

The Switch automatically determines the speed of the LAN connection during power-up. To change the speed simply power down the Switch, connect to the desired LAN, and power the unit back up.

LAN Interface

100BASE-TXconnections require Category 5, twisted-pair wire. The 100BASE-TX specification supports 100Mbps transmission over two pairs of Category 5 twisted-pair Ethernet wiring; one pair each for transmit and receive operations.

100 meters is the maximum recommended cable segment length between a 100BASE-TX repeater and a workstation (due to signal timing requirements). This wiring scheme complies with the EIA 568 wiring standard.

10BASE-Tconnections can use Category 3, 4, or 5 twisted-pair wiring.

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2000 specifications

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