Chapter 3
User Guidelines
As stated earlier,
TotalSwitch Modules
are 10 Mbps Ethernet, multi-
port switchs that provide eight 10Base-T (Half- or Full-Duplex in any
combination), four 10Base-2 (Half-Duplex) or four 10Base-FL (Half-
or Full-Duplex in any combination) or four 10Base-T (Half- or Full-
Duplex) and two 10Base-FL (Half- or Full-Duplex) switched
segments. This chapter discusses how to use a
TotalSwitch Module
in
a network.
TotalSwitch Installation Examples
PROBLEM 1:
Your network performance is suffering because you
have too many nodes creating too much traffic.
SOLUTION:
By installing a
TotalSwitch Module
, as illustrated in
Figure 3.1, you will decrease traffic congestion and, at
the same time, increase your network’s performance.
Figure 3.1
PROBLEM 2:
You need to connect two 10 Mbps Ethernet
networks located in different buildings. The buildings
are farther apart than the IEEE 802.3 specification allows
(e.g.: maximum distance is 2 km on a fiber optic link
segment).
SOLUTION:
In order to make a connection beyond the IEEE
802.3 specification, you need to eliminate the collisions
that are inherent in Ethernet. This can be done by using
Full-Duplex. Each UTP port on
TotalSwitch TP/8 Module
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