General Information
Overview
This user’s manual will help you install and maintain the STRIDE industrial Ethernet switches
and media converters. Installation of these devices is very easy and they will begin to operate as
soon as they are powered up.
Operation
Unlike an Ethernet hub that broadcasts all messages out all ports, these industrial Ethernet
switches will intelligently route Ethernet messages only out the appropriate port. The major
benefits of this are increased bandwidth and speed, reduction or elimination of message
collisions, and deterministic performance when tied with real-time systems.
These industrial Ethernet switches can support 10BaseT (10 Mbps) or 100BaseT (100 Mbps)
on their RJ45 ports. Each of these ports will independently auto-sense the speed and duplex,
mdi/mdix-crossover and polarity allowing you to use patch or crossover cables. Managed
switches include models that support gigabit Ethernet.
Some models include fiber optic ports, or slots that accept SFP fiber optic transceivers.
Stride Industrial Ethernet Switches User Manual 2nd Ed. Rev. B
Chapter 1 - Hardware
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