User`s manual

FriendlyNet Fast Ethernet Hub User’s Manual
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Connecting Network Devices
Before you connect the hub to other devices, review the following
guidelines:
❏ Make sure the network cable length is less than 100
meters.
❏ Use a straight-thr ough twisted pair cable.
❏ When connecting two hubs together (cascading hubs),
make sure that the link between them is not longer
than five meters.
❏ Network cable segments can be connected to, or discon-
nected from, the hub while the hub’s power is on.
100Base-T Station to Hub Connection
To connect a 100Base-T network station to the hub, follow the
instructions and diagram below.
1 Connect one end of a straight-through Category
5 network cable to an RJ-45 port on the hub.
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2 Connect the other end of the cable to the network
station’s Ethernet adapter.
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Figure 2-2 Connecting a 100Base-TX station to the hub