Connecting To Another Ethernet Hub; Before You Begin - 3Com OfficeConnect 3C892A User Manual

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HAPTER ARDWARE
Connecting to Another
Ethernet Hub
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ESCRIPTION AND NSTALLATION
You can connect to another Ethernet hub to allow up to 25 users to access the
WAN. Instructions for adding another Ethernet hub to allow 10 users, a more
common scenario, is as follows.

Before You Begin

In addition to an external 10BASE-T Ethernet hub, you will need a 10BASE-T
Ethernet cable, which may have been provided with the additional hub. If the hub
to which you are connecting your LAN Modem does not have an MDI/X switch,
you must use a crossover cable.
1 Insert one end of the 10BASE-T Ethernet cable into one of the four LAN ports on
the back of the ISDN LAN Modem, as shown in Figure 15.
Figure 15 10BASE-T Hub-to-Hub Connection
2 Insert the opposite end of the cable into a 10 BASE-T Ethernet port on the other
Ethernet hub.
If you are connecting to an OfficeConnect Hub 8/TPO, insert the opposite end of
the Ethernet cable into port 8 and then set the MDI/X switch to MDI (that is,
pressed in). Make sure that the LED associated with that Ethernet port is lit. If it is
not, try changing the MDI/X switch setting.