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INSTALLATION OF THE SWITCH............................................ 15
Quick Installation............................................................................................................ 15
3 Steps to Quick Installation ......................................................................................... 15
Installation Site Preparation .......................................................................................... 16
Desktop Installation ........................................................................................................ 16
Installation on Wall......................................................................................................... 17
Cabling Requirements .................................................................................................... 17
RJ-45 station port cable requirements ........................................................................... 18
Other 10/100BASE-T/TX twisted-pair cable requirement ........................................... 18
Connecting to power ....................................................................................................... 19
EXPANDING YOUR NETWORK ........................................................ 21
Connectivity Rules........................................................................................................... 21
10 Mbps Connection ..................................................................................................... 21
100 Mbps Connection ................................................................................................... 21
Hub-to-Switch connection .............................................................................................. 22
Switch-to-switch Connection.......................................................................................... 22
Using a Straight Cable................................................................................................... 22
Using a Crossover Cable ............................................................................................... 23
RJ-45 Port Description .................................................................................................. 23
Summary ....................................................................................................................... 24
Transmission Mode ......................................................................................................... 24
Using Priority Ports ........................................................................................................ 25
Applications ..................................................................................................................... 25
LAN Microsegmentation............................................................................................... 25
Easy Migration to Workgroup Computing.................................................................... 26
