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Hub Locations
You can install a Hub in a room or a wiring closet:
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If you are supporting a small networlc (confined to a room) or if
there are more devices in the room than available wall jacks,
you should install the Hub in the room.
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If you are supporting a larger network (distributed throughout a
floor or a building), you should install the Hubs in wiring
closets.
When you install a Hub in a room, you directly connect a device to
the Hub using a modular cord or a transceiver (AUI) cable.
When you install a Hub in a wiring closet. you connect a device to
the Hub using a combination of media: modular cords, building
twisted-pair wires. optical fiber, or transceiver (AUI) cable.
Typical room and wiring closet configurations are discussed in the
next section, •• Sample Networlc Configurations."
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Hub Configurations
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