Installation guide

AT-8000 Series Fast Ethernet Switches Installation Guide
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If you need to connect together multiple switches and the switches are
physically separated by more than 2 kilometers, or if you want to build a
1000 Mbps backbone network between switches, you can use
AT-8024GB Fast Ethernet Switches and install fiber optic GBIC modules.
The modules span large distances and, with an operating speed of 1000
Mbps, can provide a fast backbone between the switches.
Figure 21 illustrates another collapsed backbone topology, this time
using a high speed, fiber optic 1000Base Ethernet switch as the focal
point. Six AT-8024GB Ethernet Switches, each with a GBIC module, are
interconnected via the Gigabit Ethernet switch.
Figure 21 Collapsed Backbone - Switch Topology
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Legend
1000 Mbps
Fiber Optic Gigabit
Ethernet Switch
AT-8024GB Fast Ethernet Switches
AT-8024GB Fast Ethernet Switches
Fiber Optic