Instant EtherFast® Series EtherFast® 8-Port and 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switches Use this Guide to install the following products: EF3508 EtherFast® 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch EF3512 EtherFast® 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Guide
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Instant EtherFast® Series Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Your EtherFast® 8-Port and 12-Port Gigabit Switches Features Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1 1 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the EtherFast® 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 2 The 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch’s Back Panel 2 The 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch’s Front Panel 2 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the EtherFast® 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch The 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch’s Back Panel The 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch’s Front Panel S
Instant EtherFast® Series EtherFast® 8-Port and 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switches Chapter 2: Getting to Know the EtherFast® 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch The 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch’s Back Panel The LED Indicators Fan Red. The Fan LED lights up when the fan is not on. TEMP Red. The TEMP LED lights up when the operating temperature is too high. FAN Radiates the heat inside the system. Power Buzzer Warns you if the system overheats.
Instant EtherFast® Series EtherFast® 8-Port and 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switches Chapter 3: Getting to Know the EtherFast® 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch The 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch’s Back Panel Fan Red. The Fan LED lights up when the fan is not on. TEMP Red. The TEMP LED lights up when the operating temperature is too high. FAN Radiates the heat inside the system. Power Green. The Power LED lights up when the Switch is powered on. Buzzer Warns you if the system overheats.
Instant EtherFast® Series Switches Versus Hubs The Gigabit Ethernet Switch boosts your network performance several times over, conserving your time, money and resources. The Switch’s feature gives you a key advantage over other forms of networking by upgrading speed-critical network segments to 1000Mbps while allowing existing 10BaseT and 100BaseTX networks to operate with the Switch.
Instant EtherFast® Series Tips on on Switching Switching Your Your Network Network Tips Appendix A: Twisted-Pair Cabling Here are some of the ways the new EtherFast® 8-Port or 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch can help you optimize your network speed. There are different grades, or categories, of twisted-pair cabling. Category 5 is the most reliable and is highly recommended. Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub or switch.
Instant EtherFast® Series bles Crimping Your Own Network Cables EtherFast® 8-Port and 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switches Appendix B: 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 or STP 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.
Instant EtherFast® Series CAT 5 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Association) Standard 568 is one of several standards that specify “categories” (the singular is commonly referred to as “CAT”) of twisted pair cabling systems (wires, junctions, and connectors) in terms of the data rates that they can sustain. CAT 5 cable has a maximum throughput of 100 Mbps and is usually utilized for 100BaseTX networks.
Instant EtherFast® Series NIC (Network Interface Card) - A board installed in a computer system, usually a PC, to provide network communication capabilities to and from that computer system. Also called an adapter. Packet - A unit of data routed between an origin and a destination in a network.
Instant EtherFast® Series Appendix D: Specifications for the EtherFast® 12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.
Instant EtherFast® Series Appendix F: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the Switch, contact Linksys Technical Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Sales Information Technical Support RMA Issues Fax Email Web FTP Site 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) 800-326-7114 949-271-5461 949-265-6655 support@linksys.com http://www.linksys.com ftp.linksys.com http://www.linksys.com © Copyright 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved.
