Introduction
Intended Audience: This manual assumes that the user has a general working knowledge of networking principles and architecture and is familiar with network systems in general.
Congratulations on the purchase of your Kingston EtheRx WorkGroup (WG) series 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet hubs. There are two models available in this series: KNE4TX/WG, which is the 4-Port model, and KNE8TX/WG, which is the 8-Port model. The EtheRx Workgroup series hubs are Class II repeaters that conform to IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX standards. Please refer to Appendix D for further information on Class II repeaters.
The EtheRx Workgroup hubs support up to four (4) or eight (8) UTP (Unshielded Twisted-Pair) ports for 100BASE-TX network connections. Both models include a cascade switch on the last UTP port (Port 4 or Port 8) which supports both straight-through and crossover cable types. The UTP ports use dual-color LEDs to show three states of operation: link, activity and partition/error. The EtheRx hubs also include a collision LED for collision detection and five (5) utilization LEDs to display the level of network traffic in percentages of the total available bandwidth.
For the remainder of this manual, the KNE4TX/WG (4-port model) and the KNE8TX/WG (8-port model) hubs will be referred to as the EtheRx hubs.
• | KNE4TX/WG | 4-Port 100BASE-TX Hub |
• | KNE8TX/WG | 8-Port 100BASE-TX Hub |
Model Types
| I 0 0 B A S E - T X | C l a s s | Repeater | | EtheRx Workgroup |
PWR | | UTIL % | | LINK / ACTIVITY / PARTITION | |
KNE4TX/WG | 1 | 12 25 50 | 60COLL | 1 2 | 3 | 4 | CASCADE |
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| I 0 0 B A S E - T X | C l a s s | Repeater | | EtheRx Workgroup |
PWR | | UTIL % | | LINK / ACTIVITY / PARTITION | | | |
KNE8TX/WG | 1 | 12 25 50 60C O L L | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 7 | 8 | CASCADE |
| Fig. 1-1 – KNE4TX/WG & KNE8TX/WG |
KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 | Kingston Technology Company |
