Configurations
16
Cascade
Cascading of the AT-3012SL, 3016SL, 3024SL Multiport Repeater also is
possible following the IEEE 802.3 four repeater rule, as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10 shows the maximum extent to which you can cascade these
repeaters.
Figure 10: Cascading Hubs
POWER
10BASE-T PORT ACTIVITY
BNC
STATUS
AUI
10BASE-T NETWORK PORTS
NETWORK UTILIZATION(%)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
TERMINATOR
RECEIVING
RECEIVING
OFF ON
PARTITION
PARTITION
MDI
MDI-X
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
RECEIVING LINK
X X X X X X X X X X X
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
6
6
6
6
COLLISION
COLLISION
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 84+%
ACTIVITY
COLLISION
POWER
IEEE 802.3
/ETHERNET
1
0BASE-
T
MULTIPORT REPEATER
POWER
10BASE-T PORT ACTIVITY
BNC
STATUS
AUI
10BASE-T NETWORK PORTS
NETWORK UTILIZATION(%)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
TERMINATOR
RECEIVING
RECEIVING
OFF ON
PARTITION
PARTITION
MDI
MDI-X
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
RECEIVING LINK
X X X X X X X X X X X
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
6
6
6
6
COLLISION
COLLISION
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 84+%
ACTIVITY
COLLISION
POWER
IEEE 802.3
/ETHERNET
1
0BASE-
T
MULTIPORT REPEATER
POWER
10BASE-T PORT ACTIVITY
BNC
STATUS
AUI
10BASE-T NETWORK PORTS
NETWORK UTILIZATION(%)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
TERMINATOR
RECEIVING
RECEIVING
OFF ON
PARTITION
PARTITION
MDI
MDI-X
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
RECEIVING LINK
X X X X X X X X X X X
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
6
6
6
6
COLLISION
COLLISION
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 84+%
ACTIVITY
COLLISION
POWER
IEEE 802.3
/ETHERNET
1
0BASE-
T
MULTIPORT REPEATER
POWER
10BASE-T PORT ACTIVITY
BNC
STATUS
AUI
10BASE-T NETWORK PORTS
NETWORK UTILIZATION(%)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
TERMINATOR
RECEIVING
RECEIVING
OFF ON
PARTITION
PARTITION
MDI
MDI-X
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
RECEIVING LINK
X X X X X X X X X X X
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
6
6
6
6
COLLISION
COLLISION
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 84+%
ACTIVITY
COLLISION
POWER
IEEE 802.3
/ETHERNET
1
0BASE-
T
MULTIPORT REPEATER
Coaxial Ethernet (10BASE5)
Ethernet
Transceiver
AUI Cable
UTP Link Segment (Port #1 to Port #2)
UTP Link Segment (Port #1 to Port #2)
UTP Link Segment
(Port #1 to Port #2)
MDI
MDI
MDI
MDI-X
10 UTP Segments
11 UTP Segments
10 UTP Segments
11 UTP Segments