Connecting End Nodes - Planet DHR-800 User Manual

UTP or Type 1 STP cables. Do not use similar-looking Category 2
or 3 cables or "flat satin" telephone cords.
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No more than 100 meters (about 328 feet) of cabling may be used
between the hub and an end node; no more than 5 meters (16.4
feet) may be used between two stacks. Each stack is composed up
to 2 hubs max. Under this limitation, no more than 205 meters of
cabling may be used between any two end-nodes.
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To expand your network, you have three methods:
• First -- you can connect the hub to another 100BASE-TX Class II
Fast Ethernet hub, but not to more than one, and not to any other
kind of hub through "Uplink" port. These two hubs can come from
different suppliers.
• Second -- you can connect the hub to another hub by stack
connector. The function of stack connector is defined by
manufacture, therefore, different vendor supplied hubs car not be
connected together.
• Third -- Two stacks can connect together by using method one, i.e.
choosing one station port from the first stack and one "Uplink"
port from another stack, and linking these two ports within 5
meters (16.4 feet) length.

• Connecting End Nodes

LAN end nodes such as single-user computers, servers, bridges, and
routers must be connected to the 1 to 8 ports (MDI-X port) ports using
straight-wired high-grade (Category 5 unshielded or Type 1 shielded)
twisted-pair cabling.
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We recommend starting with the higher-numbered ports when
connecting Ethernet LAN and the new hub does not have an
"Uplink" port or switch, you will have to use "Uplink" port on the
hub for the connection.
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We also recommend making sure the end node is turned off before
plugging the cable in for the first time. If the plug does not fit well
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