SMC Networks Elite16 Manual page 68

at the termination panel and plugged
intOa concentrator port. Refer to
the notes you made to identify the .
conductors used for network signals.
If installing a new network cable, the
wire pairs for'each computer may be
attached directly to an RJ-45 plug and
connected to a concentrator port. The
wire pairs may also be terminated at
a wiring panel (or other temiination
device) and then connected to a
1 OBaseT concentrator port through a
twisted-pair wire segment that has an
RJ-45 plug at one end. Connect each
set of twisted-pair wires to a con-
centrator port in the same manner
Most concentrator manufacturers pro-
vide a means for connecting con-
centrators in a daisy-chain fashion.
Refer to the concentrator's installation
guide for specific information.
Concentrators
The Ethernet adapter when used with
twisted-pair cable must always con-
nect to a concentrator. This results in
a star-wired networic with the con-
centrator at the center of the star
The Ethemet adapter is compatible
with 10BaseT concentrators from a
variety of vendors such as SynOptics
Communications, David Systems, Net-
Worth, and Cabletron,
Ihe Ethernet adapter is also com-
patible with the AT&T and Hewlett
Packard "StarLAN 10" twisted-pair
signalling method by using software
setup.
Using StarLAN 1 0
Concentrators
AT&T and Hewlett Packard StarLAN
10 compatible adapters operate over
StarLAN-type wiring and use 10 Mbps
Ethernet speeds and protocols, but
original StarLAN 10 products did not
provide the Link Integrity feature ror..
quired by the lOBasel standard. Your
Ethernet 10Basel.adapter can
operate with StarLAN 10 products
that do not have Link jntegrity provid-
ing that you disable the Link Integrity
test function on the adapter To dis-
able the Link Integrity test function,
run the software setup program and
select Link_lnt = D.
Note: If the thin Ethemet (BNC)
connection is used, the Link_lnt op-
tion must be turned off (Linkjnt = D).
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