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Asante Technologies FR1104-G User Manual

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Chapter 2. Hardware Details

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G

User’s Manual

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Looking at the router from the rear, the following connectors are available.

Port Function

Description

5 VDC

Power Input

Plug in the Asanté FR1104 external power module
rated at 5 VDC, 1.5 A (minimum).

1 through 4

LAN Ports

Plug in a cable from your computer to one of these
ports. 10/100BaseT Fast Ethernet (RJ-45 connector).
Auto-Uplink™ supports any standard or “crossover”
cable. These computers are on your local area
network (LAN).

Internet

Internet

Plug in a cable from your cable/DSL modem to this
port. 10/100BaseT Fast Ethernet (RJ-45 connector).
Auto-Uplink supports any standard or “crossover”
cable. Sometimes this port is also called the wide
area network (WAN).

Wireless Antenna

Replaceable

antenna (RP-SMA connector).

Computers wirelessly connected to the router are
known as the wireless LAN (WLAN).


The LAN (numbered 1–4) and Internet ports are wired according to standard 100BaseTX
standards:

Pin Number

Signal

Direction

1 TX+

Out

2 TX-

Out

3 RX+

In

4

5 —
6 RX-

In

7 —
8 —

Tip: Need to connect more than 4 wired computers or devices to this router? Use a Category 5
UTP Fast Ethernet cable and connect it from your switch (or hub) to this router. The router’s Auto-
Uplink feature will automatically configure the port for “uplink” (MDI).