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2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
Thank you for your purchase of this Patton Electronics product. This
product has been thoroughly inspected and tested and is warranted for
one year for parts and labor. If any questions or problems arise during
installation or use of this product, contact Patton Electronics Technical
Support at +1 (301) 975-1007.
2.1 FEATURES
• Easy to install standalone CopperLink Ethernet Extenders (no configu-
ration required)
• Auto-sensing full or half-duplex Ethernet
• Auto-sensing 10/100Base-T
• Extends network connections up to 6,000 ft (1.83 km) over 2-wire 24-
AWG unconditioned lines
• Switch selectable line rates up to 16.67 Mbps (Model 2168 only)
• 7 symmetric or asymmetric settings via DIP switch (Model 2168 only)
• Transparent operation
• LED indicators for Power, Ethernet Link & Activity, CopperLink link & Quality
of Line (QOL)
• Surge suppression up to 20 kA (8/20
µ
s)
• Available in rack-mount or standalone configurations
• Made in the USA
2.2 DESCRIPTION
The Patton Electronics CopperLink/L and CopperLink/R Ethernet
Extenders provide high-speed LAN connections between peered Ether-
net LANs, remote PCs, or any other network enabled 10/100Base-T
device.
Operating in pairs, a CopperLink/L (local) located at one end of the LAN
extension and a CopperLink/R (remote) at the other end, these units can
automatically forward LAN broadcasts, multicasts, and frames across a 2-
wire voice-grade twisted-pair link. The data is passed transparently
(unmodified) through the CopperLink Ethernet Extenders. The CopperLink
Ethernet Extenders automatically add and delete MAC addresses, only