2-5
Pin MDI-X
Signals
MDI Signals
1 RD+ TD+
2 RD-
TD-
3 TD+ RD+
6 TD-
RD-
Connect one side of an Ethernet cable into any switch port and connect the other side to your
attached device. The green LNK LED will light up when the cable is correctly connected. Refer to
the
LED Indicators
section for descriptions of each LED indicator. Always make sure that the
cables between the switches and attached devices (e.g. switch, hub, or workstation) are less
than 100 meters (328 feet).
Two switches are now up-linked together. If we change the up-link port manually at this time, the
MAC address table will change as well. After the MAC address table changes, then the data can
be transmitted between these two switches. This period of time is called the MAC address table
aging time. The switch’s default aging time is 5 minutes, which means that if you manually
change the up-link port, you will need to wait up to 5 minutes before the data can be sent. If the
aging time is too short, the MAC address table will constantly refresh, resulting in excess
consumption of switch computing resources. For this reason, a longer aging time is
recommended.
Connecting to the Fiber Ports
The automatic MDI/MDI-X crossover function does not apply to fiber connections, as these must
be crossed over manually. To connect the fiber port on one switch to the fiber port of another
switch, simply cross-connect the transmit channel at each end to the receive channel at the
opposite end as illustrated in the figure below.
These models have two 100Base-FX ports with SC type connectors (in multi-mode and single
mode versions). Single-mode types have greater distance capability than multi-mode types, but
single mode cable is generally more expensive.
A fiber segment using single-mode cable must use 9/125 or 10/125 micrometer single-mode
fiber cables. For single-mode, the connection distance can be up to 30 km.
A fiber segment using multi-mode must use 50 or 62.5/125 micrometer multi-mode fiber cables.
For multi-mode, the connection distance can be up to 2 km.
