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2 interconnection to hubs and switches – Acer ALH-616ds User Manual

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• The data in 10Mbps or 100Mbps domain will be inter-connected by internal

built-in switch in the Master hub consequently.

• All hubs delivering data by the shared-bus always work on half-duplex

mode;that is, data can be sent or received at one time in one direction.

3.2 Interconnection to Hubs and Switches

3.2.1 Connecting to Ethernet Hubs : The factors governing hub

interconnection are:

• The hubs are only connected by uplink port. ALH-616ds will automatically

transmit at 10Mbps network speed when connecting to 10Mbps Ethernet

hubs and 100Mbps network speed if connected to 100Mbps hubs.

• If multiple ALH-616ds are stacked together, users can connect to hubs by

the uplink port in slave hubs. Therefore other hubs can perform another

class-II cascading, as shown in Figure 3-6.

Figure 3-6 Connect to Ethernet Hubs.

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