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  • Page 1

    Instant Gigabit™ Series EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8-Por t GigaSwitch User Guide Use this guide to install : EG 0008[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. EtherFast is a register ed trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY Linksys guarantees that [...]

  • Page 3

    Contents Introduction 1 Y our EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8-Port GigaSwitch 1 Features 1 Package Contents 2 Getting to Know the EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8-Por t GigaSwitch 3 The 10/100/1000 8-Port GigaSwitch’ s Rear Panel 3 The 10/100/1000 8-Port GigaSwitch’ s Front Panel 3 Switches Versus Hubs 5 Installing the EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8-Port Giga[...]

  • Page 4

    Getting to Know the EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8-Por t GigaSwitch The 8-P ort GigaSwitch’ s P ower Connection Powe r The Powe r por t is where y ou will connect the included po wer cord. P orts 1-8 These eight LAN (Local Area Netw ork) por ts con- nect to netw ork devices, such as PCs, print servers, netw ork attached storage, and remote hard drive[...]

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    Y our GigaSwitch boosts your netw ork performance several times o ver , con- serving your time, money and resources. The Switch’ s 10/100/1000 feature giv es you a ke y advantage o ver other for ms of netw orking by upg rading speed-critical netw ork segments to 1000Mbps while allo wing existing 10BaseT and 100BaseTX netw orks to operate with the[...]

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    EtherFast ® 10/100/1000 8-Port GigaSwitch 6 Tips on Switching Y our Network Here are some of the wa ys your ne w EtherF ast® 10/100/1000 8-P ort GigaSwitch can help you optimize y our network speed. • Speed up Nodes From Y our 10BaseT Netw ork In a 10BaseT netw ork, connect your hubs, f ile servers, and key users, such as netw ork administrator[...]

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    8 CA T 5 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Association) Standard 568 is one of sev eral standards that specify "categories" (the singular is commonl y refer red to as "CA T") of twisted pair cabling systems (wires, junctions, and connectors) in terms of the data rates that they can sustain. [...]

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    10 RJ-45 (Re gistered Jack-45) - A connector similar to a telephone connector that holds up to eight wires, used for connecting Ethernet devices. Thr oughput - The amount of data mo ved successfully from one place to another in a giv en time period. TX Rate - T ransmission Rate. UTP - Unshielded twisted pair is the most common kind of copper teleph[...]

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    12 Warrant y Information BE SURE T O HA VE Y OUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FR OM THE PR ODUCT'S P ACKA GING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNO T BE PR OCESSED WITHOUT PR OOF OF PURCHASE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LINKSYS’ LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE P AID FOR THE PR ODUCT FR OM DIRECT , INDIRECT , SPECIAL, INCIDEN- T AL, OR CONSEQUENTI[...]

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    Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses below . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T ech Support and RMA Issues 888-793-5932 949-261-1288 Fa x 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.com We b http://www .linksys.com FTP Sit[...]

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    © Cop yright 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reser ved. Printed in the USA. http://www .linksys.com[...]