Allied Telesis AT-FS217 User Manual
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Installing the Switch
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Refer to the following tables for the cabling specifications for the 10/
100Base-TX and 100Base-FX ports.
Table 3 10/100Base-TX Twisted Pair Port Cabling Specifications
Table 4 100Base-FX Fiber Optic Port Cabling Specifications (Full-duplex)
Operating Mode
Twisted Pair Cable
Maximum Operating
Distance
10Base-T
Shielded or unshielded Category 3 or better
100 m (328 ft)
100Base-TX
Shielded or unshielded Category 5 or better
100 m (328 ft)
Model
Fiber Optic Cable
Maximum
Operating Distance
Maximum Allowable
Loss Budget
AT-FS211
50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode
2 km (1.2 mi)
13 dB at 1310 nm
AT-FS212
50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode
2 km (1.2 mi)
13 dB at 1310 nm
AT-FS212/1
9/125 micron
single-mode
15 km (9.3 mi)
16 dB at 1310 nm
AT-FS212/2
9/125 micron
single-mode
40 km (24.8 mi)
30 dB at 1310 nm
AT-FS212/3
9/125 micron
single-mode
70 km (43.4 mi)
33 dB at 1310 nm
AT-FS212/4
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1. The cable must be non-dispersion-shifted, dispersion-shifted, or non-zero dispersion-shifted single-mode fiber
optic cable.
9/125 micron
single-mode
100 km (62 mi)
34 dB at 1550 nm
AT-FS214
50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode
2 km (1.2 mi)
13 dB at 1310 nm
AT-FS215
50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode
2 km (1.2 mi)
13 dB at 1310 nm
AT-FS216
50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode
2 km (1.2 mi)
13 dB at 1310 nm
AT-FS217
50/125 or 62.5/125
micron multimode
2 km (1.2 mi)
13 dB at 1310 nm