Chapter 15: Appendix

[3]10BASE-T related items

(1)Hub

A hub connects a number of twisted pair cables in a10BASE-T installation and it has a repeater function.

Some types of hubs have a 10BASE2 interface or a cascade interface. When you need to cascade hubs, you can use up to 4 layers. A star coupling hub allows the use of one hub with several hub functions.

Coaxial cable

Transceiver

Hub

10BASE-T

Ethernet Hub

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