SMC Networks Elite16 Manual page 62

Thick Ethemet
Follow the instructions in this section
to connect your ElitelS, ElitelBTand
ElitelS Combo adapter to thick Ethemet
cable.
Ihe AUI port is used to attach a thick
Ethernet AUI drop-cable to your
ElitelO, Elite16Tand Elitel6 Combo
adapters. The adapter boards will
operate on an Ethernet network by
attaching an AUI drop-cable to the
AUI port and to a trunk coaxial cable
through a media attachment unit
(MAU) transceiver Ihe MAU acts as
the interface to an Ethernet network
using thick cable or any Ethernet
medium. The adapter board's AUI
port can also be used for operation
with other types of cabling such as
fiber-optic.
Connecting to Thick
Ethemet Cable
1, Starting with the first computer to
be connected, attach a drop-
cable to the AUI port on the Ether-
net adapter (Figure 16);
A sliding latch is provided on the AUI
port that locks the cable to the
connector The sliding latch is
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Figure 16. Attaching the AUI
Drop Cable