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Printer
Fiber link to another building
Thick or thin coax legacy backbone
Local
server
SuperStack II Baseline Hubs giving
shared 10 Mbps connectivity to local
workgroups over UTP cabling
Printer
Printer with a nonchangeable
10 Mbps Ethernet connection
100 Mbps
100 Mbps
100 Mbps
100 Mbps
100 Mbps
Baseline Dual Speed Hubs connected
together over a 100 Mbps link
Server(s) equipped
with 10/100 Mbps NICs
High-performance
CAD/CAM workstations
equipped with 10/100
Mbps
NICs
Workgroup with a
mixture of shared
10 Mbps and shared
100 Mbps to the desktop
10 Mbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
SuperStack II Baseline Dual Speed Hubs
are used here to provide a small-to-
medium sized office (up to 42 network
connections) with a mixture of shared 10
Mbps and shared 100 Mbps links to the
desktop.
The Baseline Dual Speed Hub autosenses
those network devices capable of running
at 100 Mbps (such as the network servers
and the CAD/CAM workstations), and
provides them with a 100 Mbps link.
The link between the Baseline Dual
Speed Hubs will run at 100 Mbps.
Shared 10/100 Mbps in a Small-to-Medium Sized Office
* According to configuration rules in the Fast Ethernet specification (IEEE 802.3u), no more than two Class II Fast Ethernet repeaters
(such as the SuperStack II Baseline Dual Speed Hub) can be connected in a series. To expand the above network, a switch is needed.
SuperStack II Baseline hubs provide the
most cost-effective method of connecting
workgroups to a legacy LAN.
A transceiver interface module is used
to connect to a thin coaxial cable or thick
coaxial cable legacy backbone (via an
AUI and external transceiver). Similarly,
a transceiver interface module provides
a fiber link to another building.
Shared 10 Mbps Connections to a Legacy LAN
