3Com 3C16722A - Manual (Page 10)

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Before You Start
Your OfficeConnect hub comes with:
■ One power adapter for use with the OfficeConnect hub
■ A Product Registration card for you to fill out and return
■ Four rubber feet
■ A stacking clip
■ Two unit labels and eight cable ties.
■ An OfficeConnect Network Assistant CD-ROM.
The extra parts mentioned in the next section are not
supplied with the hub.
Workstation Connections
To connect workstations or other equipment to your hub,
you need:
1 A 100BASE-TX adapter card for
each workstation. 3Com
produce a range of easy to
install network adapter cards,
which provide your
workstations with 100BASE-T
connections.
2 An operating system (for example, Netware or Windows
95/98) with network support configured, running on
your workstations.
3 One ‘Straight-through’ 100BASE-TX cable for each
workstation or piece of equipment. A ‘Straight-through’
cable is one where the pins of one connector are
connected to the same pins of the other connector; refer
to Figure 5 on page 16. 100BASE-TX cable must be data
grade (Category 5) shielded or unshielded. We
recommend that you use shielded cable. The maximum
length you can use is 100m (328ft).
In order to comply with the 100BASE-TX standard,
ports designed for workstation connections have been
marked with the graphical symbol ‘x’ (1x, 2x, 3x, ...).
This denotes a crossover in the port’s internal wiring.
Hub Connections
To connect to another OfficeConnect hub, you need:
■ One ‘Straight-through’ 100BASE-TX cable. The maximum
length is 100m (328ft). Refer to “Connecting
OfficeConnect Hubs Together” on page 13.
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