Dual-Speed Stackable Hubs User’s Guide
Introduction
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NTRODUCTION
This chapter introduces DFE-916 series dual-speed stackable hubs, as well
as giving some background information about the technology the hubs use.
Product Description
D-Link DFE-916 series dual-speed stackable Ethernet/Fast Ethernet hubs
are designed to allow easy migration and integration between 10Mbps
Ethernet and 100Mbps Fast Ethernet, while providing manageability and
flexibility in cable connections.
Each hub can operate with both IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T connections
(twisted-pair Ethernet operating at 10 megabits per second) and IEEE
802.3u 100BASE-TX connections (twisted-pair Fast Ethernet operating at
100 megabits per second). All of the twisted-pair ports support NWay
auto-negotiation, allowing the hub to automatically detect the speed of a
network connection. This means you can connect all of your Ethernet and
Fast Ethernet hosts to a DFE-916 series hub stack, without any rewiring
required when a host is upgraded from 10Mbps to 100Mbps.
DFE-916 series hubs have 16 ports each and can be stacked together toa
maximum of five hubs in a stack. A stack of five 16-port hubs gives a total
of 80 Ethernet or Fast Ethernet ports. A DFE-916 series hub stack operates
as a Class II Fast Ethernet repeater, allowing it to be linked to another Class
II Fast Ethernet stack in the same collision domain.
