Features - NETGEAR FS566 - Switch Installation Manual

The Model FS562/FS566 switch can be used to partition a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps network to
enhance the capacity of the network to support advanced applications. In addition, the switch
provides a link between traditional 10 Mbps networks and faster 100 Mbps networks. By installing
a Model FS562/FS566 switch, a user can connect any 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps device to the switch
without worrying about the running speed of the device. The Model FS562/FS566 switch provides
a built-in upgrade path; you can remove a 10 Mbps connection and replace the connection with a
100 Mbps connection with little or no change to the rest of the network.
The Model FS562/FS566 switch can be effectively used to join multiple 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet
segments and to extend the reach of the network. Copper-based Fast Ethernet networks have a
network diameter of up to 200 meters. The Model FS562/FS566 switch can be used to join these
200-meter segments to enable them to function as a single logical network. With one Model
FS562/FS566 switch, the reach extends to 400 meters. With two switches, the reach extends to
2 kilometers (km) when both switches are operating at full-duplex. For an illustration of using the
switch to extend a network, refer to Figure 3-3 on page 3-4.
Because the Model FS562/FS566 switch is an ISO media access control (MAC) layer device, the
switch is network protocol independent and compatible with all popular networks such as the
Internet or TCP/IP, NetWare, DECnet, Microsoft

Features

The Model FS562/FS566 switch has the following key features:
• Six automatic speed-sensing (autosensing) 10/100 Mbps UTP ports to provide fast information
exchange, resource sharing, and client or peer-to-peer communication using simple Category 5
unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable
• Two (Model FS562 switch) or six (Model FS566 switch) 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet fiber
ports
• Automatic address-learning function to build the packet-forwarding information table
The table contains up to 4,000 MAC addresses (that is, the switch can support networks with
as many as 4,000 devices).
Introduction
Installation Guide for the Model FS562 and Model FS566 Fiber Switches
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