Chapter 2: Physical Description; Front And Back Panels; 10/100/1000 Mbps Rj-45 Ports; Figure 2-1. Front Panel Of The Fs526T Smart Fast Ethernet Switch - NETGEAR FS526T Installation Manual

CHAPTER 2: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

This chapter describes the hardware features of the NETGEAR Model FS526T Smart Fast Ethernet Switch. Topics include:

Front and back panels

10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing RJ-45 ports
LED descriptions
Front and Back Panels
Figures 2-1 and 2-2 show the key components on the front and back panels of the NETGEAR Model FS526T Smart Fast Ethernet Switch.
The front panel contains LEDs and RJ-45 jacks. The back panel has a standard AC power receptacle for accommodating the supplied power cord.

10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ports

As Figure 2-1 shows, the FS526T Smart Fast Ethernet Switch has 24 10/100 Mbps and 2 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 ports. These ports are auto-
sensing 10/100 or 10/100/1000 Mbps ports: When you insert a cable into an RJ-45 port, the switch automatically ascertains the maximum speed
(10 or 100 or 1000 Mbps) and duplex mode (half- or full-duplex) of the attached device. All ports support only unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
terminated with an 8-pin RJ-45 plug.
To simplify the procedure for attaching devices, all RJ-45 ports support Auto Uplink. This technology lets you attach devices to the RJ-45 ports
using either straight-through or crossover cables. When you insert a cable into the switch's RJ-45 port, the switch automatically:
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Senses whether the cable is a straight-through or crossover cable, and
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Determines whether the link to the attached device requires a "normal" connection (such as when connecting the port to a PC) or an
"uplink" connection (such as when connecting the port to a router, switch, or hub).
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After ascertaining this information, the switch automatically configures the RJ-45 port to enable communications with the attached
device, without requiring user intervention. In this way, the Auto Uplink technology compensates for setting uplink connections, while
eliminating concern about whether to use crossover or straight-through cables when attaching devices.

Figure 2-1. Front Panel of the FS526T Smart Fast Ethernet Switch

Figure 2-2. Back Panel of the
FS526T Smart Fast Ethernet
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