Caution Circuit devices are sensitive to static electricity, which can damage their delicate electronics. Dry weather conditions or walking across a carpeted floor may cause you to acquire a static electrical charge. To protect your device, always: • Touch the metal chassis of your computer to ground the static electrical charge before you pick up the circuit device.
Chapter 1 Introduction Overview The Levelone 8/16 Port Fiber Switch is a standard switch that meets all IEEE 802.3u/802.3x specifications. Fast Ethernet Switch is a cost-effective solution for easing your network congestion problem on existing shared-hub network by breaking up the collision domain and by multiplying the network performance. The...
Chapter 2 Installing & Network Connection Installation Þ The fiber TX, RX cables must be paired at both ends. Þ Repeat the above step, as needed, for each fiber port to be connected to a 100Base-FX device. Þ The fiber port can be up-linked to an upper level hub's port. Þ...
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Network troubleshooting requires patience and logic. Generally speaking, the cabling and workstation configurations are the likely first suspects; network hardware is usually last on the list. The nature of the hub design dictates that it is more likely for an entire hub to fail instead of just a single port. Cabling Problems Improper Cabling is the primary cause of most non-workstation problems on Ethernet network, particularly for 100 Base-FX networks.
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16 Port Fiber Switch Technical Specifications Standards Compliance : IEEE802.3u and 802.3x 100Base-FX Transmission Mode : Full or Half duplex Transmission Speed : 100Mbps Packet forwarding/filtering Rate: 148,800 packets / sec full wire rate on 100Mbps forwarding and filtering MAC Address and Self-learning: up to 12K Buffer Memory : 1024KB for 16 ports Flow control...
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8 Port Fiber Switch Technical Specifications Standards Compliance : IEEE802.3u and 802.3x 100Base-FX Transmission Mode : Full or Half duplex Transmission Speed : 100Mbps Packet forwarding/filtering Rate: 148,800 packets / sec full wire rate on 100Mbps forwarding and filtering MAC Address and Self-learning: up to 12K Buffer Memory : 1024KB for 8 ports Flow control...
Workstation Problems Most non-cabling problems result from improper configuration of the network interface card (NIC) and its corresponding driver. The following points will be helpful: • Like other add-on cards in the workstation or server, NIC must have unique memory address, I/O address, and interrupt. The settings on a particular card must not conflict with the settings on any other card in the same station.
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2- 2 For connection to Router, Bridge, or regular 100Base-X Hub, please refer to the device’s Technical Manual for respective bit-time delay. Switch Hub Cascading and Long-Haul Connection Theoretically, the switch hub breaks up the collision domain in hub cascading that you may up-link the hubs unlimitedly.
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Level 1 RX TX RX TX 16 Port 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch with SC Connector Long Haul Intra-hub connection Level 2 8 port Fiber Switch TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX 8 Port 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch with SC Connector Level 2 16 Port Fiber ST/SC Switch RX TX...
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mode setting. Then, power on to restart the new configuration and status.
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LED Indicators The status and descriptions of LED indicators are listed as below: 8 Port 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch with SC Connector Color Function System LED Green Lit when AC power is on and good Per Port LED Lit when connection with remote device is good Link/Act Green Blinks when any traffic is present...
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