User`s manual

Connecting Network Devices
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Connecting Network Devices
Before you connect network devices to the Switch, review the following
guidelines:
❑ Make sure the network cable length is less than 100 meters (Category
5 and up)
◆ Note: Category 3 is acceptable for 10Base-T
❑ Use a straight-through twisted pair cable or a crossover cable when
appropriate for either uplink or standard data ports
❑ When connecting two switches together (cascading switches), make
sure that the link between them is no longer than 100 meters
❑ Network cable segments can be connected to, or disconnected from,
the Switch while the Switch’s power is on
Connecting a PC to the Switch
❑ Use a four-pair Category 5 UTP straight-through cable with RJ-45
connectors
❑ Connect the PC to any of the Switch’s ports. See Figure 2-12
Figure 2-12 Connecting a PC to the Switch
FS4008E
FriendlyNet
8-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch
Uplink
or
Power
Switched 10/100Mbps Ports
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Straight-through network cable