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Hardware Setup
RJ-45 LAN Jack: 10/100 LAN (8100C) /Giga-bit LAN (8110S) (Optional)
The mainboard provides two standard RJ-45 jacks for connection to Local
Area Network (LAN). Giga-bit LAN enables data to be transferred at 1000, 100 or
10Mbps. You can connect a network cable to either LAN jack.
The pin assignments vary depending on the transfer rates: 10/100Mbps or
1000Mbps . Note that Pin 1/2, 3/6, 4/5, 7/8 must work in pairs. Please ref er
to the following for details:
10/100 LAN Pin Definition
Giga-bit LAN Pin Definition
PIN
SIGNAL
DESCRIPTION
1
D0P
Differential Pair 0+
2
D0N
Differential Pair 0-
3
D1P
Differential Pair 1+
4
D2P
Differential Pair 2+
5
D2N
Differential Pair 2-
6
D1N
Differential Pair 1-
7
D3P
Differential Pair 3+
8
D3N
Differential Pair 3-
PIN
SIGNAL
DESCRIPTION
1
TDP
Transmit Differential Pair
2
TDN
Transmit Differential Pair
3
RDP
Receive Differential Pair
4
NC
Not Used
5
NC
Not Used
6
RDN
Receive Differential Pair
7
NC
Not Used
8
NC
Not Used
LED
Color
LED State
Condition
Off
LAN link is not established.
Left
Orange
On (steady state)
LAN link is established.
On (brighter & pulsing)
The computer is communicating with another
computer on the LAN.
Green
Off
10 Mbit/sec data rate is selected.
Right
On
100 Mbit/sec data rate is selected.
Orange
On
1000 Mbit/sec data rate is selected.
Link Indicator
8 1
Activity Indicator
RJ-45 LAN Jack