Lantronix LMS8-A manual Important Instructions For LMS and LFX Installation

Important Instructions

For LMS and LFX Installation

▼Design connections to avoid loops - these unmanaged switches do not support Spanning Tree Algorithm

▼If using dedicated switch ports for a connection to a single server, single user or another switch, use full duplex if possible for much better performance

▼If using 10BASE2, consider using a repeater connected to a LMS/LFX 10BASE-T port instead of a transceiver, or contact Lantronix for more information

▼Avoid bottlenecks in network design by attaching servers to the same switch as their most common clients

▼Try to configure each side of the extender/bridge so that nodes that will communicate frequently are on the same port

▼To extend 100BASE-FX fiber to maximum length, use 2 LFX2-MAs (with 100BASE-FX fiber transceivers) connected by a Category 5 cable; this allows both fiber links to be extended to the 412 meter limit (each LFX2-MA extender/switch regenerates the signal)

▼Because it is a store-and-forward device, the LFX2 filters out bad packets from attached network segments, so it can be used as a screen between a problem segment and the network backbone

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