Asante Technologies FH100TX8 - Manual (Page 8)

FriendlyNet Fast Ethernet Hub User’s Manual
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Connecting Network Devices
Before you connect the hub to other devices, review the following guidelines:
❏ Make sure the network cable length is less than 100 meters.
❏ Use a straight-thr ough twisted pair cable to connect ports to
network devices.
❏ When connecting two hubs together (cascading hubs), make sure
that the link between them is not longer than 5 meters.
❏
Network cable segments can be connected to, or disconnected
from, the hub while the hub’s power is on.
100Base-TX Station to Hub Connection
To connect a 100Base-T network station to a FriendlyNet Fast Ethernet Hub,
follow the instructions and diagram below.
1
Connect one end of a straight-thr ough Category 5 network
cable to an RJ-45 port on the hub
❶
.
2
Connect the other end of the cable to the network station’s
Ethernet adapter
❷
. See Figure 2-2.
Figure 2-2 Connecting a 100Base-TX station to the hub