Chapter 15: Appendix

[2] Basic configuration

Connect several multi-port transceivers and hubs to a single coaxial cable, and construct a network of dozens of devices.

Coaxial cable (Maximum cable length: 500 m)

 

Ground

Termination

Single port

terminal

resistor

 

 

transceiver

AUI cable

 

 

 

 

(maximum cable length: 50 m)

 

 

Hub

Multi-port transceiver

Twisted pair cable

 

[UTP: Category 5]

 

(Maximum cable length:

 

100 m)

 

 

-Up to four repeaters and hubs can be placed between any two terminals.

-A maximum of 50m total cable length (using an AUI cable) can be used from one end of the coaxial cable to a terminal device, using a multi-port transceiver.

-Multi-port transceivers can be cascaded up to two layers deep.

An example of a basic configuration

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