Installation Scenarios And Cabling Examples For Fast Ethernet Connections - Cisco WAE-674-K9 - Wide Area Application Engine 674 Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 5 WAE Inline Network Adapter
Installation Scenarios and Cabling Examples for Fast
Ethernet Connections
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Installation Scenarios and Cabling Examples for Fast Ethernet Connections

WAE appliances can be installed physically between two network devices (such
as the branch office router and branch office LAN switch) by connecting the WAE
inline network adapter ports to the network devices using the proper cables.
If you are connecting a WAE inline appliance between two devices using Gigabit
Ethernet, you can use either straight-through cables, crossover cables, or any
combination of the two cable types, regardless of the type of device. This section
shows cabling examples for Fast Ethernet connections only, because Fast Ethernet
has specific cabling requirements.
The inline network adapter has four ports that are divided into two inline groups
(see the "Ports and LED Indicators" section on page
physically placed inline between two distinct network paths, creating redundant
WAN links. (See Figure
Two WAEs with inline network adapters can also be installed back-to-back in a
serial fashion between two network devices for failover purposes. In this serial
cluster configuration, if one WAE fails or becomes overloaded, the other WAE can
provide optimization. (See
When you connect two WAE inline appliances to each other serially, always use
a crossover cable between the two WAEs. (See
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