Ositech comm 614006-001 manual Concentrators, Twisted Pair Network Characteristics

Section Two

Concentrators

The Trumpcard, when used with 10BaseT Twisted-pair cable, must always connect to a concentrator. This results in a star-wired Network with the concentrator at the centre of the star. The Trumpcard is compatible with 10BaseT concentrators from a variety of vendors.

Twisted Pair Network Characteristics

Standard	IEEE 802.3 10BaseT
Data Rate	10 Mbits per second
Maximum length of connecting	100m (328')
nodes per network
Maximum number of computer	1024
nodes per network
Twisted-pair cable	Category 3 (10 mbps) or
	Category 4 (16 mbps) or
	Category 5 (100 mbps)
	that meet the requirements
	of EIA/TIA-568 and EIA/TIA
	TSB-36.

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