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Magnum P80F & P80C Personal Switches Installation and User Guide (07/03)
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metal screws for each bracket and attaching to the Magnum P80F and P80C through the
round hole of the bracket. A user-supplied screw attaches the bracket to the mounting
surface. It is recommended to use appropriate # 4 screws for attaching mounting bracket to
wall (e.g wood screw, self-tapping screw, machine screw). It is also recommended that the
brackets be attached to two opposite corners of the unit. When properly attached, the
brackets will extend slightly below the base of the unit to allow clearance for the rubber
feet.
3.2 Connecting Ethernet Media
The Magnum P80C Personal Switch can be connected to two media types i.e.
100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T, however, P80F can be connected to the following three media
types: 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T and 100BASE-FX. CAT 5 cables should be used when
making 100BASE-TX connections. When the ports are used as 10BASE-T ports, CAT 3 may be
used. In either case, the maximum distance for unshielded twisted pair cabling is 100 meters
(328 ft). For fiber port 100BASE-FX multi-mode, 50/125 or 62.5/125 microns cabling can be
used, whereas for single-mode, 9/125 microns cabling should be used. Fiber cabling supports
much longer cable distance and higher bandwidths as compared to copper wiring.
Media IEEE Standard Connector
Twisted Pair (CAT 3 or 5) 10BASE-T RJ-45
Twisted Pair (CAT 5) 100BASE-TX RJ-45
Fiber (Multi-mode) 100BASE-FX ST
Fiber (Multi-mode) 100BASE-FX SC
Fiber (Single-mode) 100BASE-FX SC
Fiber (Multi-mode) 100BASE-FX MTRJ
NOTE : It is recommended that high quality CAT. 5 cables (which work for both 10 Mbps and
100Mbps) be used whenever possible in order to provide flexibility in a mixed-speed
network, since P80-series switch ports are auto-sensing for either 10 and 100Mbps.
Note that the auto-sensing function does not sense the cable type.
3.2.1 Connecting Twisted Pair (RJ-45, CAT 3 or CAT 5, Unshielded or Shielded)
The following procedure describes how to connect a 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX
twisted pair segment to the RJ-45 port. The procedure is the same for both unshielded and
shielded twisted pair cables.