AOpen 10/100Mbps
SOHO Switch
(AOW-605 5-port
AOW-608 8-port)
User’ s Guide
Page 1: ...AOpen 10 100Mbps SOHO Switch AOW 605 5 port AOW 608 8 port User s Guide...
Page 2: ...nd easy access to the LAN and Intranet especially great for SOHO Small Office Home Office environment AOH 605 5 port SOHO 10 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Hub AOH 608 8 port SOHO 10 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Hub...
Page 3: ...diate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with this user s guide may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area...
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Page 5: ...SCRIPTION 8 FRONT PANEL 8 REAR PANEL 9 LED INDICATORS 10 CONNECTING THE SWITCH 12 PC TO SWITCH 12 HUB TO SWITCH 12 A 10BASE T Hub 13 B 100BASE TX Hub 13 HUB WITHOUT UPLINK MDI II PORT 13 A Using strai...
Page 6: ...2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 16 APPENDIX A RJ 45 PIN SPECIFICATION 18...
Page 7: ...carefully unpacks its contents The carton should contain the following items One AOpen SOHO 10 100M Fast Ethernet Switch AOW605 AOW608 One external power adapter This User s Guide If any item is found...
Page 8: ...Hardware Description Explains the front panel rear panel and LED indicators of the Switch Chapter 3 Connecting the Switch Describes how you can connect the Switch to your Ethernet network Chapter 4 T...
Page 9: ...ttee It is an extension of the 10Mbps Ethernet standard with the ability to transmit and receive data at 100Mbps while maintaining the CSMA CD Ethernet protocol Since the 100Mbps Fast Ethernet is comp...
Page 10: ...sible to expand your Fast Ethernet network beyond the 205 meter network diameter limit for 100BASE TX networks Switches are also ideal for bridging between the existing 10Mbps networks and the new 100...
Page 11: ...e solutions in your network connections Flow control for any port This minimizes dropped packets by sending out collision signals when the receiving buffer is full Note that flow control is only avail...
Page 12: ...on of each panel feature The indicator panel is described in detail in the next chapter Front Panel The figure below shows the front panels of the switch AOW 605 5 port SOHO 10 100Mbps Switch Hub AOW...
Page 13: ...e AC power input voltage MDI X Jacks Use these jacks to connect stations to the hub These are MDI X Medium Dependent Interface Cross wired jacks which mean you can use ordinary straight through twiste...
Page 14: ...b is receiving power otherwise it is off Full Duplex Collision Full Duplex Collision This LED indicator light green when a respective port is in full duplex FDX mode Otherwise it is blinking when coll...
Page 15: ...transmuting or received data on the 10Mbps network Loop Detect for AOW 608 LOOP When this indicator lights amber it means that there is a loop detected then the network needs to be re configuration...
Page 16: ...n depends on the LAN card capabilities If LED indicators are not light after making a proper connection check the PC LAN card the cable and the condition and connection of this switch The following ar...
Page 17: ...r is light amber B 100BASE TX Hub For a 100BASE TX hub the Switch LED indicators should light up as the following Full Duplex Collision LED indicator is OFF 100LINK ACT 10LINK ACT LED indicator is lig...
Page 18: ...one from the uplink MDI II port of the Switch Switch A to any of the 10Mbps or 100Mbps MDI X port of the other switch switch B or other devices B Using crossover cable When using crossover cable this...
Page 19: ...ystem uses auto negotiation to determine the transmission mode for any new twisted pair connection If the attached device does not support auto negotiation or has auto negotiation disabled an auto sen...
Page 20: ...s half duplex 20Mbps full duplex Fast Ethernet 100Mbps half duplex 200Mbps full duplex Topology Star Network Cables 10BASET 2 pair UTP Cat 3 4 5 100 m EIA TIA 568 100 ohm STP 100 m 100BASE TX 2 pair U...
Page 21: ...x H x D EMI FCC Class B CE Mark B VCCI II Performance Transmission Method Store and forward RAM Buffer 1Mbytes per device for AOW 605 256Kbyes per device for AOW 608 Filtering Address Table Up to 1K e...
Page 22: ...The following diagram and tables show the standard RJ 45 receptacle connector and their pin assignments for the switch to network adapter card connection and the straight crossover cable for the Switc...
Page 23: ...following shows straight cable and crossover cable connection Straight cable for Switch uplink MDI II port to switch Hub or other devices connection Crossover cable for Switch MDI X port to switch hub...
