Allied Telesis AT-MR820T - Manual (Page 45)

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The default setting for the RJ45 pinout switch is MDI-X (standard
RJ45 port), which means the slide switch is to the right.
❑ In the default MDI-X configuration you can connect the
10Base-T port to a workstation or to any other DTE (that is,
node).
❑ In the MDI configuration — the slide switch is to the left — you
can connect the 10Base-T port to another 10Base-T internal
crossover port, that is, a repeater using straight-through
twisted pair cable to form an interrepeater link. See Figure 13.
If you use this port to connect repeaters to each other, the RJ45 pinout
switch must be set to MDI. The MDI position is a repeater pinout which
automatically swaps the TX and RX pinouts so that they do not conflict
with the TX and RX ports at the other end of a straight-through cable.
If you connect a straight-through cable to another repeater or DTE and
the Link LEDs on the respective units are not on, change the position
of the MDI/MDI-X switch to obtain continuity as indicated by active
Link lights. The repeater will not be damaged if the MDI/MDI-X switch
is in the wrong position.
In general, if you install an RJ45 port cable, and the Link LED does not
light, then simply change the position of the MDI/MDI-X slide switch
and see if the Link LED lights.
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