User manual LINKSYS EFAH08W

[. . . ] LIMITED WARRANTY Linksys guarantees that every EtherFast 10/100 Workgroup Hub is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for FIVE years from the date of purchase. If the product proves defective during this warranty period, call Linksys Customer Support in order to obtain a Return Authorization Number. When returning a product, mark the Return Authorization Number clearly on the outside of the package and include your original proof of purchase. All customers outside of the United States of America and Canada shall be held responsible for shipping and handling charges. [. . . ] Compatible with virtually all major operating systems including, Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, Millennium, and Novell NetWare, this professional-grade hub offers your growing network the freedom to use both 10Mbps and 100Mbps speeds. With an amazing range of expansion possibilities and an impressive array of advanced features, each 10/100 Workgroup Hub is one powerful and compact device--all for an attractive price that's hard to beat! Getting to Know the 10/100 Workgroup Hubs Package Contents LEDs 3 3 3 Planning Your Network Connecting Nodes to the Hub Uplinking the Hub Powering On the Hub 4 4 5 5 Appendix Twisted-Pair Cabling Crimping Your Own Network Cable Product Specifications Contact/Warranty Information 6 6 7 8 9 1 Instant EtherFast® Series 10/100 Workgroup Hubs About Fast Ethernet As the demand for desktop video, multimedia development, imaging, and other speed-intensive applications continues to rise, the need for high performance, fault tolerant LAN technology will become more critical. Standard Ethernet, which has been the most popular networking technology to date with a maximum data throughput of 10 Megabits per second, is becoming insufficient to handle the latest video, multimedia, and other speedintensive client/server LAN applications. Among the solutions to the problem of network speed, Fast Ethernet has emerged as the most viable and economical. Capable of sending and receiving data at 100 Megabits per second, it is more than fast enough to handle even the most demanding video and other real-time applications. Although there are a number of different competing Fast Ethernet implementations, 100BaseTX is by far the most popular. Operating on two pairs of UTP Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair cabling, 100BaseTX supports high speed signaling and is relatively inexpensive. Because it uses four wires for data transmission and the same packet format, packet length, error control, and management information as 10BaseT. This backward compatibility is one of 100BaseTX's major advantages over other forms of Fast Ethernet; it allows critical, speed-dependent network segments to be upgraded to 100BaseTX speeds as needed without re-wiring, refitting, and retraining an entire site. Networks can now mix both slow and fast network segments for different users or departments. Publishing, R&D, video, multimedia, or accounting departments can enjoy a 100Mbps pace, while other corporate segments can operate at slower and more affordable 10Mbps speeds. Every port on your 10/100 Workgroup Hub is capable of running at either 10Mbps or 100Mbps, allowing you to mix and match economical 10BaseT hardware with high performance 100Mbps network cards, hubs, switches, and other equipment. Getting to Know the 10/100 Workgroup Hubs Package Contents · One EtherFast 10/100 Workgroup Hub · One AC Adapter · User Guide and Registration Card (EFAH16W v2 shown) LEDs (EFAH05W v2 shown) PWR The Power LED will illuminate when the the hub is receiving power. The Link/Act LED will illuminate if the port has an active network connection. The LED will flicker if the port is receiving or sending data. 100 (per port) Link/Act (per port) 2 3 Instant EtherFast® Series 10/100 Workgroup Hubs Planning Your Network Connecting Nodes to the Hub Every 10/100 Workgroup Hub can be connected to either 10Mbps or 100Mbps PCs, workstations, file servers, print servers, or other hardware. When powered up, each of the hub's 10/100 ports will automatically adjust to the proper speed, as determined by the speed of the hardware or node connected to the port. Connect each of your PCs, workstations, file servers, print servers, or other network nodes to the Auto-Sensing Hub one by one. Each node should be connected to the hub with a straight-through UTP Category 5 cable. Ready-to-use network cables of various lengths can be purchased at most computer stores. If you wish to crimp your own cabling for custom sites or lengths, please refer to the Crimping Your Own Network Cable section on page 7. When connecting a PC to a hub, either the computer or the hub must be powered OFF. [. . . ] A Category 5 cable has 8 thin, color-coded wires inside that run from one end of the cable to the other. In a straight-through cable, wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at one end of the cable are also wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at the other end. In a crossover cable, the order of the wires change from one end to the other: wire 1 becomes 3, and 2 becomes 6. See the diagrams on the next page for more detailed information on straight-through and crossover cabling. Crimping Your Own Network Cables To determine which wire is wire number 1, hold the cable so that the end of the plastic RJ-45 tip (the part that goes into a wall jack first) is facing away from you. [. . . ]