KTI Networks KS-115F Series manual Making Network Connections, Network Switched Ports

3. Making Network Connections

3.1 Network Switched Ports

There are five ports on the switch for connection to five LAN segments. Each segment is an independent shared network in one collision-domain.

•Four 10/100BASE-TX switched ports

Each port consists of one RJ-45 connector and is used for connection to eithera10BASE-Tor100BASE-TXdevice.TheRJ-45connectors arefixed MDI-X jacks which are designed with internal crossover function. It allows a connection to an end station using straight-through UTP cable.

•One 100BASE-FX fiber switched port

This fiber port comes with one fiber connector. For ST and SC connectors, the contact labeled TX is used for transmission and the other one labeled RX is used for reception. One duplex mode selector is located on the rear panel. Either full duplex or half duplex mode can be selected (factory default: full-duplex).

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