Before You Start; Product Registration; Workstation Connections; Hub Connections - 3Com OfficeConnect User Manual

Before You Start

Your OfficeConnect hub comes with:
One power adapter for use with the OfficeConnect hub.
■
Four rubber feet.
■
A stacking clip.
■
One Support and Safety Information Sheet
■
One Warranty Flyer
■
The extra parts mentioned in the next section are not
supplied with the hub.

Product Registration

You can now register your OfficeConnect hub on the 3Com
web site and receive up-to-date information on your
product.
http://support.3com.com/registration/frontpg.pl

Workstation Connections

To connect workstations or other equipment to your hub,
you need:
1 10BASE-T connections for all
your equipment. 3Com
produce a range of easy to
install network adapters, which
provide your workstations with
10BASE-T connections.
2 An operating system (for example, Netware or Windows
95/98) with network support configured, running on
your workstations.
3 One 'Straight-through' 10BASE-T cable for every
workstation or piece of equipment. A 'Straight-through'
cable is one where the pins of one connector are
connected to the same pins of the other connector.
10BASE-T cables can be shielded or unshielded. We
recommend you use shielded. The maximum length you
can use is 100m (328ft).
In order to comply with the 10BASE-T standard, ports
designed for workstation connections have been marked
with the graphical symbol 'x'. This denotes a crossover in
the port's internal wiring, for example 1x, 2x, 3x..

Hub Connections

If you have additional hubs you want to connect using
10BASE-2 (Coaxial), you need:
One 10BASE-2 50 Ohm cable for each additional hub.
■
The minimum cable length you can use is 0.5m (1.6 ft).
The maximum segment length you can have is 185m
(607ft).
One 10BASE-2 'Y' piece for each hub. You can use 'T'
■
pieces but 'Y' pieces provide optimum clearance of the
3
other ports.
Two 10BASE-2 50 Ohm terminators (end pieces).
■
2
1
8
.