Kingston Technology Bay Networks 2000 - Manual (Page 11)

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Chapter 2
Cabling the Switch
This chapter describes how to connect the cables that you must use with the
Switch, including pinouts for local area networks (LAN) connections, and how
to read the LEDs when the Switch is powered on.
LAN Speed Selection
The Switch automatically determines the speed of the LAN connection during
power-up. To change the speed simply power down the Switch, connect to the
desired LAN, and power the unit back up.
LAN Interface
100BASE-TX connections require Category 5, twisted-pair wire. The
100BASE-TX specification supports 100Mbps transmission over two pairs of
Category 5 twisted-pair Ethernet wiring; one pair each for transmit and
receive operations.
100 meters is the maximum recommended cable segment length
between a 100BASE-TX repeater and a workstation (due to signal
timing requirements). This wiring scheme complies with the EIA 568
wiring standard.
10BASE-T connections can use Category 3, 4, or 5 twisted-pair wiring.