Intel NetportExpress 10 PCLA2152B User Manual page 4

(Optional) Connecting multiple hubs
Connecting hubs running at 100 Mbps to hubs running at 10 Mbps
Use an Intel Cascade Cable to connect the hubs. Hubs running at 100 Mbps can talk to each other,
and hubs running at 10 Mbps can talk to each other. However, hubs running at 100 Mbps can't talk
to hubs running at 10 Mbps without bridging equipment. See pages 5-7 for more information.
Optional bridging
equipment
Category 5 TPE (100m max.)
Category 3, 4, or 5 TPE (100m max.)
Connecting hubs running at 100 Mbps
Use an Intel Cascade Cable to connect the hubs. You can connect a maximum of eight hubs. See
page 4 for more information.
Hub 1
Hub 2
Connecting hubs running at 10 Mbps
Use an Intel Cascade Cable to stack the hubs or daisy-chain the hubs with TPE cable. All hubs in a
stack share 10 Mbps of bandwidth and count as one repeater hop. Hubs connected with TPE cable
count as two repeater hops. See page 4 for more information.
Hub 1
Hub 2
Connect hubs with an Intel Cascade Cable
(product code EE110CC)
2
Intel Express
10/100 Stackable Hub
Change hub speed
Hub 1 (100 Mbps)
10BASE-T Collision Power
Managed
100BASE-TX
Status
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Green (left)
Link = solid
Activity = blink
Amber (right)
Wrong speed = blink
Disabled = solid
Intel Express
10/100 Stackable Hub
Change hub speed Hub 2 (100 Mbps)
10 BASE-T Collision Power
100 BASE-TX Managed
Status
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Green (left)
Link = solid
Activity = blink
Amber (right)
Wrong speed = blink
Disabled = solid
Intel Express
10/100 Stackable Hub
Change hub speed Hub 3 (10 Mbps)
10 BASE-T Collision Power
100 BASE-TX Managed
Status
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Green (left)
Link = solid
Activity = blink
Amber (right)
Wrong speed = blink
Disabled = solid
Intel Express
10/100 Stackable Hub
Hub 4 (10 Mbps)
Change hub speed
10 BASE-T Collision Power
100 BASE-TX Managed
Status
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Green (left)
Link = solid
Activity = blink
Amber (right)
Wrong speed = blink
Disabled = solid
or
Hubs 1 and 2 are in one collision domain and
share 100 Mbps of bandwidth.
Hubs 3 and 4 are in a separate collision domain
from 1 and 2 and share 10 Mbps of bandwidth.
The optional bridging equipment allows hubs 1
and 2 to talk to hubs 3 and 4.
Connect hubs with an Intel Cascade Cable
(product code EE110CC)
Never connect hubs running at 100 Mbps
with TPE cable. Doing so violates the IEEE
802.3u Fast Ethernet standard for Class I
hubs.
Connect hubs with an Intel Cascade Cable
(product code EE110CC)
Intel Express
10/100 Stackable Hub
Change hub speed
10 BASE-T Collision
100 BASE-TX
Managed
Status
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 Green (left)
13 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Link = solid
Activity = blink
Amber (right)
Wrong speed = blink
Disabled = solid
Connect hubs with CAT 3, 4, or 5 TPE cable.
Limit distance to 100 meters.
Power
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Intel Express
10/100 Stackable Hub
Change hub speed
10 BASE-T Collision Power
100 BASE-TX Managed
Status
19 20 21 22 23 24 Green (left)
Link = solid
Activity = blink
Amber (right)
Wrong speed = blink
Disabled = solid