Instant Gigabit™ Series EtherFast Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch ® Use this guide to install: Linksys EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch(EF24G2) User Guide
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Instant Gigabit®Series Table of Contents EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch Introduction Introduction Package Contents 1 2 The Linksys EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch Getting to Know the Switch LEDs The RJ-45 Ports The Gigabit Ports The Console Port 3 3 4 4 4 Migrate your network to Gigabit speed with the EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24Port 10/100 Switch.
Instant Gigabit®Series EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch Getting to Know the Switch LEDs Power (Green) The LED will illuminate when the switch is powered on. PER PORT Link/Act (Green/Amber) The LED will illuminate green when the port makes a connection at 100Mbps, and flash green when there is activity on the port at 100Mbps. The LED will illuminate amber when the port makes a connection at 10Mbps, and flash amber when there is activity on the port at 10Mbps.
Instant Gigabit®Series The RJ-45 Ports The EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch is equipped with twenty-four 10/100 RJ-45 ports. These RJ-45 ports support network speeds of either 10Mbps or 100Mbps, and can operate in half- and full-duplex modes. Auto-sensing technology enables each port to automatically detect the speed of the device connected to it (10Mbps or 100Mbps), and adjust its speed and duplex accordingly.
Instant Gigabit®Series Rack-Mounting the Switch The EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch can be used as a free-standing unit, or installed in any standard 19-inch rack. Use the following instructions to rack-mount the Switch: Before you begin, disconnect all cables from the Switch. 1. Place the Switch right side up, with the front panel facing you. 2. Position a mounting bracket over the screw holes on one side of the Switch. 3.
Instant Gigabit®Series 2. The following screen will appear. Enter a Name for this connection. In the example below, the name of the connection is EF24G2. Click the OK button. EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch 4. When the following screen appears, make sure that the switch’s serial port settings are as follows: BAUD RATE: DATA BITS: PARITY: STOP BITS: FLOW CONTROL: 38400 8 None 1 None 3. The following screen will appear.
Instant Gigabit®Series Configuring the Switch Overview EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch The Main Menu After you log on to the Switch, the Main Menu screen will appear. The Linksys EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch features a menu-driven console interface for switch configuration. The Switch can be configured locally through the serial port.
Instant Gigabit®Series • VLAN Configuration allows you to group individual ports into a small “virtual” network of their own, independent of the other ports. • Priority Configuration allows you assign varying degrees of priority to each port, making it possible for the information being transmitted on specific ports to always take precedence over other ports. • Restart allows you to restart the Switch, causing it to reboot. • Exit takes you out of the Configuration.
Instant Gigabit®Series The Port Configuration Menu The Port Configuration Menu screen (shown here), allows you to view or change the following values for each of the 24 10/100 ports: EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch value, highlight the desired port under Auto Negotiate and press the Space Bar key. This will toggle back and forth between the options of Enabled and Disabled. Once you have made your choice, press the Enter key.
Instant Gigabit®Series The two Gigabit ports have slightly different configuration settings under this menu. There are four screens of ports (Ports 1-8 on the first screen, Ports 916 on the second screen, etc.), so the Gigabit ports (Ports 25 and 26) are on the last screen by themselves (shown here). • Link Status and Admin Status - Same as the other 24 ports. See the beginning of this section.
Instant Gigabit®Series Using the arrow keys, choose any of the preset groups that you wish to trunk together and press the Enter key. Repeat the process until you have chosen all the groups that you want to trunk. After hitting the Enter key for each choice, that preset will disappear from the list and appear on the previous screen. Once you have made all your choices, highlight the Return option and press the Enter key. You will be returned to the previous menu.
Instant Gigabit®Series receive a message in the white status bar near the bottom of the screen that indicates whether or not the change was accepted. Highlight the value next to Monitor Port Rx and hit the hit the Enter key. Enter the number of the port that you wish to mirror the received transmissions to (if you are mirroring received transmissions), and hit the Enter key again.
Instant Gigabit®Series The Priority Configuration Menu Setting priority levels of ports allows the user to determine which ports will always transfer their data first. The Priority Configuration Menu screen (shown here), allows you to view or change the following values: EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch press the Enter key. You will receive a message in the white status bar near the bottom of the screen that indicates whether or not the change was accepted.
Instant Gigabit®Series Glossary 10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE physical layer specification for 100 Mbps over two pairs of Category 5 UTP wire. 1000BASE-T - provides half-duplex (CSMA/CD) and full-duplex 1000Mbps Ethernet service over Category 5e links as defined by ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A. Topology rules for 1000BASE-T are the same as those used for 100BASE-TX. Category 5e link lengths are limited to 100 meters by the ANSI/TIA/EIA-568A cabling standard.
Instant Gigabit®Series Hub - The device that serves as the central location for attaching wires from workstations. Can be passive, where there is no amplication of the signals; or active, where the hubs are used like repeaters to provide an extension of the cable that connects to a workstation. IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Instant Gigabit®Series EtherFast® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch Specifications Warranty Information Model Number Standards BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FROM THE PRODUCT'S PACKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. Protocol Ports Speed Per Port (Mbps) 10/100 Ports 1000 Ports MAC Addresses Max Frame Size Buffer Memory Cabling Type LEDs EF24G2 IEEE 802.1d, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1q, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.
Instant Gigabit®Series Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Sales Information Tech Support and RMA Issues Fax Email Web FTP Site 30 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) 800-326-7114 949-261-1288 949-261-8868 support@linksys.com http://www.linksys.com ftp.linksys.
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