2 cabling, 1 installing the sfp transceiver – PLANET FRT-405N User Manual
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User Manual of FRT-405N
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Rear Panel Port and Button Definition
Connector
Description
POWER Power connector with 12V DC 1 A
RESET Press more than 3 seconds for reset to factory default setting.
LAN (1-4)
Router is successfully connected to a device through the corresponding port (1, 2, 3, or 4). If
the LED light of LNK/ACT is flashing, the Router is actively sending or receiving data over that
port.
WPS
WPS on or off switch.
WAN
The SFP connector allows data communication between the router and the fiber network
through a fiber wire
2.2 Cabling
100Base-TX and 100Base-FX
The 10/100Mbps RJ-45 ports come with Auto-Negotiation capability. Users only need to plug in working
network device into one of the 10/100Mbps RJ-45 ports. The FRT-405N will automatically run in 10Mbps
or 100Mbps after the negotiation with the connected device. The FRT-405N has one 100Base-FX SFP
interface (Optional Multi-mode / Single-mode 100Base-FX SFP module)
Cabling
Each 10/100Base-TX ports use RJ-45 sockets - for connection of unshielded twisted-pair cable (UTP).
Port Type
Cable Type
Connector
10Base-T
Cat 3, 4, 5, 2-pair
RJ-45
100Base-TX
Cat.5, 5e, 6 UTP, 2-pair
RJ-45
Any Ethernet devices like Hubs / PCs can connect to the Fiber router by using straight-through wires. The
10/100Mbps RJ-45 ports which support Auto MDI / MDI-X can be used on straight-through or crossover cable.
2.2.1 Installing the SFP Transceiver
This section describes how to insert a SFP transceiver into an SFP slot. The SFP transceiver is hot-pluggable
and hot-swappable. You can plug-in and out the transceiver to/from any SFP port without having to power
down the fiber router as the Figure 2-12 appears.