AT-FS716L & AT-FS724L Fast Ethernet Switch Installation Guide
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Planning the Installation
Be sure to observe the following guidelines when planning the installation
of your switch.
The end-nodes connected to the twisted-pair port can be operated at
either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps and half- or full-duplex mode.
The end-node connected to a port on the switch can be a network
adapter card, repeater, router, hub, or another switch.
Table 2 contains the cabling specifications for the twisted-pair ports.
Note
The twisted-pair ports on the switch feature Auto-MDI when
operating at either 10 or 100 Mbps. Each port is individually
configured as MDI or MDI-X when connected to an end-node.
Consequently, you can use either a straight-through or crossover
twisted-pair cable when connecting any network device to a
twisted-pairport on the switch. A port operating at 10 or 100 Mbps
uses two of the pairs in the twisted-pair twisted-pairwiring.
Table 2. Ttwisted-pairwisted-pair Cabling and Distances
Speed
Type of Cable
Maximum
Operating
Distance
10 Mbps
Category 3 or better 100-ohm
shielded or unshielded twisted-pair
cable
100 m (328 ft)
100 Mbps
Category 5 or Category 5E
(Enhanced) 100-ohm shielded or
unshielded twisted-pair cable
100 m (328 ft)
