Allied Telesis AT-FS750/24POE - Manual (Page 48)

Chapter 2: Installation
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Cabling and Powering On the Switch
Connecting the
Twisted Pair
Cables
To connect the twisted cables to the RJ-45 ports on the AT-FS750/24POE
WebSmart Fast Ethernet Switch, perform the following procedure:
Note
If you plan to configure a redundant data path, make sure that the
Spanning Tree feature is enabled via the AT-S105 Management
Software before connecting the ethernet cables for your secondary
network connections.
1. Plug the twisted pair data cables to the RJ-45 ports on the switch, as
shown in Figure 16.
Figure 16. Connecting the Twisted Pair Data Cables
When connecting a twisted pair cable to a port, observe the following
guidelines:
ˆ An RJ-45 connector should fit snugly into the port on the switch.
The tab on the connector should lock the connector into place.
ˆ The ports on the switch are auto-MDI/MDI-X. You can use either a
straight-through or crossover twisted pair cable to connect any
type of network device to a port on the switch.
ˆ The network should not contain data loops, which can adversely
affect network performance. A data loop exists when two or more
network devices can communicate with each other over more than
one data path.
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