5
INSTALLATION OF THE SWITCH............................................ 15
Quick Installation............................................................................................................15
3 Steps to Quick Installation .........................................................................................15
Installation Site Preparation..........................................................................................16
Desktop Installation ........................................................................................................16
Installation on Wall.........................................................................................................17
Cabling Requirements ....................................................................................................17
RJ-45 station port cable requirements...........................................................................18
Other 10/100BASE-T/TX twisted-pair cable requirement ...........................................18
Connecting to power .......................................................................................................19
EXPANDING YOUR NETWORK........................................................ 21
Connectivity Rules...........................................................................................................21
10 Mbps Connection .....................................................................................................21
100 Mbps Connection ...................................................................................................21
Hub-to-Switch connection ..............................................................................................22
Switch-to-switch Connection..........................................................................................22
Using a Straight Cable...................................................................................................22
Using a Crossover Cable...............................................................................................23
RJ-45 Port Description..................................................................................................23
Summary .......................................................................................................................24
Transmission Mode.........................................................................................................24
Using Priority Ports ........................................................................................................25
Applications .....................................................................................................................25
LAN Microsegmentation...............................................................................................25
Easy Migration to Workgroup Computing....................................................................26