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Hardware Installation
After selecting an appropriate 1ocation, you are ready to
connect it.
This section covers important rules regarding
Fast Ethernet connections, and describes how to connect the
hub to end nodes, another hub, and AC power.
General Rules
Before making any connections to the hub, note the following
rules:
•
All network connections to the hub must be made using
Category 5 UTP or Type 1 STP cables. Do not use similar-
looking Category 2 or 3 cables or "flat satin" telephone
cords.
•
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 5 hubs maximum. Under this
limitation, no more than 205 meters of cabling may be used
between any two end nodes.
•
To expand your network, you have three methods:
n First -- you can connect the hub to another 100Base-TX
Class II Fast Ethernet hub, but not to more than one, and not
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