Instant EtherFast® Series
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the EtherFast®
The 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch’s Back Panel
FAN | Radiates the heat inside the system. |
Buzzer | Warns you if the system overheats. To disable the |
| warning system, use a pen point or similar object to |
| push in the button and the buzzer will not sound if |
| the system overheats. |
Power | The Power port is where you will connect the |
| included power cord. |
The 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch’s Front Panel
Ports | These eight LAN (Local Area Network) ports con- |
| nect network devices, such as PCs, print servers, |
| network attached storage, and remote hard drives at |
| 10/100/1000Mbps. Or, they can be used to expand |
| your network by connecting to a 1000Mbps hub or |
| switch. When connecting to a PC equipped with an |
| Instant Gigabit Network Adapter, just plug one end |
| of a Category 5e Ethernet network cable into the RJ- |
| 45 port on the Adapter and the other end into one of |
| the ports on the Gigabit Ethernet Switch. |
EtherFast®
The LED Indicators
Fan | Red. The Fan LED lights up when the fan is not on. |
TEMP | Red. The TEMP LED lights up when the operating temper- |
| ature is too high. |
Power | Green. The Power LED lights up when the Switch is powered |
| on. |
1000 | Green. The 1000 LED lights up when the port is operating at |
| 1000Mbps. If the LED is off, the port is operating at either |
| 100Mbps or 10Mbps, or it is not active. |
100 | Green. The 100 LED lights up when the port is operating at |
| 100Mbps. If this LED is off, the port is operating at either |
| 1000Mbps or 10Mbps, or it is not active. |
10 | Amber. The 10 LED lights up when the port is operating at |
| 10Mbps. If this LED is off, the port is operating at either |
| 1000Mbps or 100Mbps, or it is not active. |
FDX | Amber. If the FDX (Full Duplex/Collision) LED is lit up |
| continuously, the connection made through the correspon- |
| ding port is running in Full Duplex mode. If the LED is |
| blinking, the port is experiencing data collisions. Infrequent |
| collisions are normal. If this LED is blinking often, there |
| may be a problem with your connection. |
ACT | Green. The ACT LED blinks when data is being sent or |
| received through the port. When the LED is off, there is no |
| data being transferred through the port. |
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