Linksys EFAH05W V2 manual

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    Instant EtherFast ® Series EtherFast ® 10/100 W orkgroup Hubs Use this guide to install : EF AH05W v2 EF AH08W v2 EF AH16W v2 User Guide[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant EtherFast is a register ed trade- mark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY Linksys guarant[...]

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    Instant EtherFast ® Series 10/100 Workgroup Hubs Introduction The EtherF ast 10/100 W orkgroup Hubs from Linksys are the fastest, most economical w ay to build or e xpand your netw ork! Ready to r un right out of the box, the 10/100 hubs let y ou connect computers or other nodes together in seconds. The auto-sensing por ts automatically adjust to [...]

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    Getting to Know the 10/100 W orkgroup Hubs • One EtherF ast 10/100 W orkg roup Hub (EF AH16W v2 sho wn) • One A C Adapter • User Guide and Registration Card PWR The P o w er LED will illuminate when the the hub is recei v- ing po w er . 100 The 100 LED will illuminate if the port is operating at (per port) 100Mbps. The LED will be off if the [...]

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    10/100 Workgroup Hubs The EtherF ast 10/100 W orkg roup Hub has a special switched uplink port with it’ s o wn distance extension capabilities. If y ou are mixing 10Mbps and 100Mbps hardware on y our hub, it can be uplinked to other 100Mbps hubs at a distance of 5 meters (16.4 feet). The 10/100 W orkg roup Hub comes with an A C po w er adapter . [...]

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    10/100 Workgroup Hubs 7 Instant EtherFast ® Series 6 Appendix There are dif ferent g rades, or categories, of twisted-pair cabling. Cate gory 5 is the most reliable and is highl y recommended. Category 3 is a good second choice. Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub . Crosso ver cab les are used for connecting a hub to[...]

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    10/100 Workgroup Hubs 9 Instant EtherFast ® Series Model Numbers EF AH05W v2 (5-Port) EF AH08W v2 (8-Port) EF AH16W v2 (16-Port) Standards IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT), IEEE 802.3u (100BaseTX) Protocol CSMA/CD P orts 5, 8, or 16 10BaseT/100BaseTX RJ-45 P orts, One Shared RJ-45 Uplink P ort (5 & 8-Port model) Speed P er P ort (Mbps) 10Mbps (10BaseT) 10[...]

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    © Cop yr ight 2000 Linksys , All Rights Reser v ed. http://www .linksys.com[...]