N-Tron® 300 Series Hardware Guide
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Introduction and Specifications
Revised 2015-12-04
Section 1 Introduction and Specifications
Introduction
The Red Lion N-Tron® 300 series Unmanaged Industrial Ethernet Switches support high speed layer 2 switching
between ports. All 300 series switches are housed in a ruggedized steel enclosure, and provide Category-5
compliant 10/100-BaseT connections for high performance network design, and hub/repeater upgrades.
The 300 series provides Fast Ethernet connectivity from 4 to 17 ports. These unmanaged switches are available in
copper and fiber port combinations for maximum deployment flexibility.They are also optionally available with
N-View™ monitoring technology, which can be found in the Red Lion monitored family of products.
302MC/MCE
The 302MC/MCE is a 2 port unmanaged media converter that converts 10/100BaseTX copper to 100BaseFX full
duplex fiber.
304TX, 306TX, and 308TX
The 304TX, 306TX, and 308TX are affordable and share a small footprint. Each switch is capable of auto
negotiating 10/100 Mb and half/full duplex communications.
305FX and 306FX2
The 305FX and 306FX2 switches are unmanaged and have 4 ports similar to the 304TX, plus an additional
multimode fiber optic up-link port(s), capable of 2 Kilometers of 100 Mb communications without the use of
repeaters.
305FXE and 306FXE2
The 305FXE and 306FXE2 switches are unmanaged and similar to the 305FX and 306FX2, respectively. However,
these models use singlemode transceivers with extended range capability. The N-Tron FXE products utilize
singlemode fiber transceiver(s) that are capable of 15, 40, and up to 80 Kilometers of 100 Mb full duplex
communications.
All fiber products utilize the IEEE compliant SC or ST duplex connectors for fiber optic communications. All 10/
100Base-TX ports utilize the RJ45 shielded connectors.
Key Features
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Full IEEE 802.3 & 100Base-FX Compliance
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Full IEEE 1613 Compliance (Communications Networking Devices in Electric Power Stations)
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NEMA TS1/TS2 Compliance (Traffic Control Systems)
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American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Type Approval (Maritime and Offshore Applications)
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Extended Environmental Specifications
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Support for Full/Half Duplex Operation
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LED Link/Activity Status Indication
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Autonegotiation, Autosensing Speed, Duplex, and Flow Control
