Planet Technology SW-504 manual

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    10 /1 00 Mb ps De sk to p Fa st Et he rn et Sw it ch SW - 50 4 / SW -8 04 Us er 's Ma nu al[...]

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    T ra de mar ks Co pyr ig ht © PLA NE T T e chn ol ogy Corp . 20 07. Co nte nt su bj ect s to re vis ion with ou t pri or no tic e. PL ANE T is a regi st ere d tra de mar k of PL AN ET T ec hn olo gy Cor p. Al l ot he r tr ad em ark s bel on g to the ir re spe ct iv e own ers . Di scl ai me r PL ANE T T ec hno lo gy do es not w arr ant th at the ha[...]

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    co mmu ni cat io ns. Oper atio n of th is eq uip me nt in a re sid en tia l are a is lik ely t o c aus e h ar mfu l i nte rf ere nc e i n wh ic h ca se th e us er wi ll be re qui re d to cor re ct th e inte rf ere nc e at its own ex pen se . CE Ma rk W arn in g Th is is a Cla ss B pr odu ct . In a dome sti c env iro nm ent , this pr odu ct ma y ca [...]

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    T abl e of Con te nt s 1. INT RO DUC TI ON .... ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. . 5 1. 1 P ack age Cont en ts .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. . 5 1. 2 H ow to Use Thi s Man ua l .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ...[...]

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    5 1. IN TR OD UC TI ON 1. 1 Pac kag e Con te nts Ch eck the co nte nt s of yo ur pac ka ge fo r fol low in g par ts: ● De skt op F ast Ethe rn et Sw itc h x 1 ● Us er’ s manu al x 1 ● P owe r ada pt er x 1 If an y of thes e are m iss ing or dama ge d, pl eas e con tac t yo ur dea le r im med ia tel y , if pos si ble , re tai n th e car to n[...]

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    6 1. 3 Pro duc t Fea tu res ● Co mpl y wit h IEE E 802 .3 10 Bas e- T , IE EE 80 2. 3u 10 0Ba se - TX ● 5/ 8-P ort 10 /10 0M bps A uto -N ego ti ati on po rt s - 10 /2 0Mb ps (H alf - du ple x) , 100 /20 0M bps (Ful l-d up lex ) Au to- se nsi ng ● Co mpa ct si ze desi gn fo r wal l mou nt or desk to p pla cem en t ● Hi gh pe rfo rm anc e St[...]

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    7 1. 4 Pro duc t Spe ci ca ti on s Mo del S W- 504 SW -80 4 Ha rdw are Spe ci ca ti on Ne two rk P or ts 5 10/ 10 0Ba se - TX RJ -45 MDI/ MD I- X por ts 8 10/ 10 0Ba se - TX RJ -45 MD I/M DI - X po rt s Di men si ons (W x D x H) 18 4 x 110 x 30m m W eig ht (KG ) 0. 17 KG P owe r R equ ir eme nt E xte rn al P ow er ad apt er DC 9V 700 mA Sw it[...]

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    8 2. IN ST AL LA TIO N Th is sec ti on de scr ibe s the func tio na lit ie s of the D esk to p F as t Eth ern et Sw it ch’ s co mp one nt s a nd guid es how t o i nst al l it on th e d esk to p. Ba sic kn ow led ge of ne two rk ing i s a ssu me d. Ple ase re ad th is ch apt er co mpl et ely befo re co nt inu ing . 2. 1 Pro duc t Des cr ipt io n W[...]

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    9 2. 1.2 Swit ch Fr ont Pane l Fi gur e 2-1 & 2- 2 sho w the fron t pan el an d rea r pan el of SW -50 4 Fig ure 2-1 SW -50 4 fro nt panel Fig ure 2-2 SW -50 4 rea r pan el Fi gur e 2-3 & 2- 4 sho w the fron t pan el an d rea r pan el of SW -80 4 1 2 3 5 6 4 8 7 SW -804 LN K/AC T Fig ure 2-3 SW -80 4 fro nt panel[...]

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    10 Fig ure 2-4 SW -80 4 rea r pan el 2. 1.3 LED Ind ic ato rs LE D Col or Fu nct io n PW R Gr een L ig hts to indi ca te th at th e Swi tc h is pow er ed on . LN K/A CT G ree n Li t: ind ica te the lin k th rou gh tha t po rt is su cce ss ful ly es ta bli sh ed. Bl ink : ind ic ate tha t the Swi tch is ac tiv ely se ndi ng or rece iv ing data ove r[...]

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    1 1 2. 2.1 Desk top Inst all at ion T o ins ta ll the Swi tch on des kto p , sim ply foll ow th e nex t ste ps: St ep1 : At ta ch the ru bbe r fe et to the rece ss ed area s on the bott om of th e Sw itc h. St ep2 : Pl ace the Sw it ch on de skt op near a DC powe r sou rce . St ep3 : K ee p en oug h v ent il ati on spac e be tw een the Swi tc h and[...]

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    12 3. SW IT CH OP ER A TIO N 3. 1 Add re ss T abl e Th e S wi tch is im ple me nte d with an ad dre ss ta ble . T hi s a ddr es s t abl e co mpo se d of m an y entr ies . Eac h entr y is u sed to s tor e the add re ss in for ma tio n of som e nod e in ne two rk , inc lud in g MAC ad dre ss , por t no , etc . This inf or mat io n come s from the le [...]

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    13 Th e Et her ne t S wit ch sca ns the des ti nat io n ad dr ess fr om the pack et - he ade r , sea rc hes the rout ing tab le pr ov id ed fo r th e inc om ing por t an d f or wa rds t he pac ke t, onl y if r equ ir ed. T he fas t forw ar din g mak es th e s wi tch a ttr act iv e f or co nn ect in g serv ers dir ect ly to t he net wo rk, th ere by[...]

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    14 4. TR OU BL ES HO OT IN G Th is cha pte r cont ai ns inf or mat io n to he lp you so lv e issu es. If Des kt op F ast Et he rne t Sw itc h is no t fun cti on ing prop er ly , mak e su re th e Des kt op F ast Eth ern et Swi tc h was set up acc ord in g to inst ruc ti ons in thi s ma nua l. So me sta tio ns ca nno t talk to othe r stat ion s loc a[...]

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    15 Ap pe nd ix A A. 1 Swi tch ’ s RJ-4 5 Pin Assi gn me nts Wh en co nne ct ing you r Desk to p F ast Eth er net Swi tch to ano the r swi tch , a br idg e or a hub , a str aigh t or cro sso ver cabl e is nec ess ar y . Eac h po rt of th e Sw itc h sup po rts auto -M DI/ MD I- X det ect io n. Tha t mea ns y ou ca n di rec tl y con ne ct the S wit [...]

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    16 co ded . The fol low ing sho ws th e pin allo ca tio n and col or of str ai ght cabl e an d cro sso v er ca ble conn ect io n: Fig ure A-1 Str aigh t-T hro ugh and Cr oss over Cabl e Pl eas e ma ke sur e yo ur conn ec ted cab le s are wit h sa me pin assi gnm en t an d colo r as ab ov e pic tur e bef or e dep lo yin g the ca ble s int o you r ne[...]