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Expanding Your Network
Live-FSH16T Fast Ethernet Switch is primarily targeted not only as a concentrator to
converge workgroup traffic within Ethernet/Fast Ethernet; but also as a central switching
device to send incoming data to its destination LAN segment. With your existing
Ethernet/Fast Ethernet infrastructure, you can very easily connect, expand or migrate to
workgroup computing in an Ethernet/Fast Ethernet environment.
The following sections will introduce to you the basics of network connectivity in
workgroup computing within Ethernet/Fast Ethernet environment.
Connectivity Rules
10 Mbps Connection
Ethernet (10Mbps) networks should be configured according to the following connectivity
rules:
The maximum length for UTP cables must not exceed 100 meters from end station to a
shared-access 10BASE-T hub.
Between any two end stations in a collision domain, there may be up to five cable
segments and four intermediate repeaters at most.
If there is a path between any two end-stations containing five segments and four
repeaters, then at least two of the cable segments must be point-to-point link segments
(e.g. 10BASE-T, 10BASE-5), while the remaining segments may be of mixed
segments (e.g.: 10BASE-2 or 10BASE-5).
100 Mbps Connection
Fast Ethernet (100Mbps) network should be configured according to the following
connectivity rules:
The maximum length for UTP cables is 100 meters from end station and a
shared-access 100BASE-TX hub.
The maximum cabling length is 100 meters between end station and switch/repeater;
and 100 meters between switch and switch/repeater, thus making possible a maximum
distance of 300 meters between two end stations.
