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Mounting
You can mount the DFE-904 on a desk, table, or other firm horizontal surface, or
on a vertical surface such as a wall or the side of a desk.
Important:
Choose a location where the air inlets and fan outlet will
never be blocked. Make sure the hub will not be exposed to
direct sunlight, strong magnetic fields, excessive moisture,
very dusty air, extreme heat or cold, or rapid temperature
changes.
Before mounting the hub, check the distance from the planned location to each
device you will connect to the hub. Make sure all connections can be made using
cables of allowable lengths:
- On a 10-Mbps Ethernet network, every cable can be up to 100 meters (328
feet) long. If hubs are uplinked together, there can be no more than three
uplink connections between any two end nodes.
- On a 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet network with no uplink connection (that is,
just the DFE-904 and four end nodes), every cable can be up to 100 meters
(328 feet) long. This allows a maximum signal path of 200 meters (656 feet).
- On a 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet network with an uplink connection (for
example, two DFE-904 units uplinked together and six end nodes), no cable
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