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PERSONAL MINIHUB
Fig. 3-7. Personal MiniHubs Cascaded to Show
Full Repeater Functionality.
10BASE-T
12V
#AUI
PARALLEL PARALLEL
Personal MiniHub
1
2
3
4
1RX
LINK
PORT
PORT 5
PWR
RX
LINK
UP LINK
10BASE-T
12V
#AUI
PARALLEL PARALLEL
Personal MiniHub
1
2
3
4
1RX
LINK
PORT
PORT 5
PWR
RX
LINK
UP LINK
10BASE-T
12V
#AUI
PARALLEL PARALLEL
Personal MiniHub
1
2
3
4
1RX
LINK
PORT
PORT 5
PWR
RX
LINK
UP LINK
10BASE-T
12V
#AUI
PARALLEL PARALLEL
Personal MiniHub
1
2
3
4
1RX
LINK
PORT
PORT 5
PWR
RX
LINK
UP LINK
PCs
Laser Printer
Personal MiniHubs
U
P
-L
INK
O
PTION
U
SED FOR
C
ASCADING
Hubs may be cascaded in order to
expand networks. For example, a
MiniHub may be cascaded via its port
#5 up-link into any port of another
MiniHub. Since each MiniHub
provides full repeater functionality,
cascaded units can operate together
even though there may be a full
segment of distance between them.
Based on the “four-repeater rule”
defined by Ethernet standards, there
may be a maximum of four units in
any one chain between any two users.