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switch or hub). When cascading multiple switches (or hubs), it is important that the UTP
cables should be of crossed-over type as shown in the diagram above. Also, make sure you
use the same pair of wire for pin pairs 1-2, 3-6,4-5 and 7-8.
Fig. 4-3 Pin assignments for crossover cabling
The wire schematics for both straight-through and crossover twisted-pair cables are shown
as below:
Fig. 4-4 Wire schematics for straight-through and crossover cable.
Summary
When connecting a computer to a switch, use a straight UTP cable.
When connecting Live-FSH16T to any station port (MDI-X) of another hub via its Uplink port
(MDI-II), use a straight-through UTP cable. Please note that the cabling distance is 100 meters
maximum.
When using crossover cable, the connection can be made from any station ports (MDI-X) of
Live-FSH16T to any station ports (MDI-X) of other devices.
Transmission Mode
All 10/100Mbps ports of Live-FSH16T Fast Ethernet Switch utilize auto-negotiation to
determine the transmission mode for any new connection. This means, if auto-negotiation
is supported on both ends of the connection, the Switch is initiated to negotiate for one of
the following transmission modes:
200Mbps/FDX
100Mbps/HDX
20Mbps/FDX
